Line tamer.
Between send-off parties and birthday parties, trips to the park and the Bronx Zoo this weekend, I had the pleasure of reading and commenting on week three’s Project Verse entries as the guest judge. Now that all the judges’ comments are in you can see the results of the top two and bottom two, who Read More …
I’m the guest judge this week for Project Verse! In week three the remaining contestants have a simile vs. metaphor assignment to complete: two metaphors in a poem of 60 lines or less. Let’s see how they do! Their poems are due Friday morning by 10 and I’ll be reading them this weekend. Comments from Read More …
I found out on Friday that my second manuscript, Skin Shift, was a finalist in this year’s Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize. It was a finalist last year for the New Issues Press Poetry Prize. If it keeps this track record up it will soon match my first manuscript The Erotic Postulate in number of Read More …
I have two poems–“Dog Barking at Moon” and “Rowers“–in the Summer 2009 Issue (Issue #11) of The Smoking Poet. “Dog Barking at Moon” references Joan Miro’s 1926 oil on canvas painting of the same name and is an oldie rehabilitated in the past year and re-included in the newly structured third section of my manuscript Read More …
“This Is Not About Pears” from Pear Slip is featured on Verse Daily today!
Mark your calendars…I’m scheduled to be interviewed and read my work on The Joe Milford Poetry Show August 1st from 5-6:30pm. The show is broadcast on the web, so you can listen live from anywhere in the world, and if you miss it, you can find it in the archives. More details and reminders to Read More …
For those of you who love Project Runway, Dustin Brookshire of Limp Wrist Magazine and the blog I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin brings you Project Verse. What is Project Verse? Project Verse is the “Project Runway” of the poetry world, a free 10-week competition where 10 poets will complete a weekly assignment Read More …
Jon took me to my first NYC Ballet performance on this rainy cold June night and I enjoyed it immensely. The first piece was “Glass Pieces” set to the music of Philip Glass with choreography by Jerome Robbins (all the pieces tonight featured his choreography). I’m not really sure how to write about dance, but Read More …
A wonderful evening at the Center for Book Arts last night where I had the honor of reading alongside Patricia Smith. Sharon Dolin gave insightful and spot-on introductions and everyone commented on what a perfect pairing Patricia and I made. New friend Tom Healy summed up the sentiment quite well on my facebook wall today: Read More …
I’ve had a great weekend heading into my birthday: starting Thursday night, wandering around the Chelsea art galleries with my new friend Jon and finding these amazing paintings at Axelle Fine Arts. I’ll do a post on the artist soon, but we spent most of our time admiring the work and had a great conversation Read More …