NaNoWriMo again
It wasn’t easy, but I was driven by the knowledge that this was my 10-year anniversary. I completed 50,000-word novels in November 2003 and November 2004 but have not finished […]
Southampton: Nantucket exercise
I’m at the Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference, session II, taking a poetry workshop with Billy Collins, one of my favorite poets. The first two workshops, we discussed several poems […]
Poem of the day
I started writing a poem a day in September 2003 while taking a creative writing course taught by Jon Buscall and Paul Schreiber at Stockholm University. I’ve missed a few […]
Revising poems
I revised and posted four poems from my April notebook. I’m glad my writing buddy Karin schedules Friday butt-to-chair sessions so I am forced to sit myself down and write […]
End of Poetry Month
It’s over and it sure was exciting. I missed one day when I worked almost all night on a rush translation (that and jet lag are the most common reasons […]
What are you reading now?
I’m feeling less defensive about this question. It’s not a pop quiz or a ticket for a guilt trip. Whatever I’m reading at a particular time not only influences my […]
A poem a day is not an Alfred Corn poem a day
I’m not trying to cheat or be flippant, but the past two days have been tough going NaPoWriMo-wise. I’m used to writing a poem before bed, but I’m not used […]
Apologies to commenters
To those who have commented on one of the daily poems in Verse, Thank you! And, Sorry about moving the poems around! I didn’t want to start a new blog […]
NaPoWriMo
I’m not usually interested in these public displays of affectation, but, really, how can I pass up posting a poem a day? NaPoWriMo only lasts a month, after all. April […]
How about worldwide Soul Hour?
Browsing through the innumerable photos of people celebrating Earth Hour around the industrialized world, it seems most people burn candles to keep on consuming and fraternizing just like they would […]
