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4/11/23: A Newsletter, A Keyboard
And National Poetry Month! Dear Reader, It’s been a month since my last blog post, and there are many excuses as to why it’s been so long...
Apr 12, 20235 min read


3/6/23: My Poetry was Taught in a High School Class
And what student responses to my poetry taught me Dear Reader, No, the title is not hyperbole. Just last week, a good friend of mine who...
Mar 6, 20236 min read


2/20/23: Black Writers, Black Poets
And a celebration of Black writing “I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on...
Feb 21, 20239 min read


2/6/23: Feedback
Why it terrifies so many of us, and what we can do about it. Dear Reader, If you're anything like me, then you still have vivid memories...
Feb 7, 20236 min read


1/30/23: I Didn't Want to Write This
What do you write about when you don't want to write? Dear Reader, Would you believe me if I told you that I didn't want to write this...
Jan 31, 20235 min read


1/23/23: Writing, Heartbreak, and the Tortured Artist
Examining the relationship between heartbreak, trauma, and the messiness of poetry. Hello, my dear, dear reader, It's been quite some...
Jan 23, 20236 min read


9/2/21: The Routine
Hello, dear reader. I have just lit a candle -- the same candle that I burn whenever I sit down and write at the end of the night. I try...
Sep 2, 20213 min read


8/25/21: Hello
Hello, you. Yes you. My dear reader, as Charlotte Brontë wrote in her story, Jane Eyre some 200 years ago. Thank you for coming here to...
Aug 25, 20213 min read

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