I’ve never written a slam poem before. Never tried. Never wanted to try. But I was so impressed with my now-published friend Amanda Jimenez’s slam poem, “This is what IContinue readingSlam
Candy Cornucopia
Recently, I put out a prompt for disturbing holiday on-the-spot poetry and images. I wanted Thanksgiving dinners with people eating each other. Christmas with a vampiric Santa Claus. A menorahContinue readingCandy Cornucopia
How to Fall in Love When You’re Seven
The end can be the best beginning. I am my finished product, the final brush stroke, the final chord. You look at the last page of a book and wonder,Continue readingHow to Fall in Love When You’re Seven
I Have Six Words for You
A scene from the Nickelodeon show Hey Arnold! Mr. Simmons That’s fine, have a seat. You see the poetry I like is, experimental. Doesn’t have the rhyme kind of stuff.Continue readingI Have Six Words for You