We were so looking forward to a horror-infused story about the black cloud of ectoplasm that appears to be haunting this poor woman. (Who you gonna call? I ain’t afraid of no ghosts.) Alas, we will tuck this photo back into the blank journal from which it came, and … Read More
During their writing lives, poets wear many hats. But, at some point, many either become historians, chronicling their time period, or evolve into social activists working toward social and political change. Still, poets are much more. They resemble an unending string of pearls, members of a unique grouping of visionaries. … Read More
[Editor’s note: The following poem provides poets – and other writers, too – with a few tongue-in-cheek moments of levity. And truth.] The length of your poem might need adjustment … Once upon a time, poems carried the sum of human knowledge recited ’round the hearth memorized for generations … Read More
Do it with prose poetry. When my friend, Clark, sent me his pre-MFA collection of poems, I flipped through the book and flipped again, backing up, sitting down, reading in depth. Clark had written a set of lined poems that torched my imagination. In his letter to me, he said: … Read More