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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...