Hearts at Play
Some of my older poetry—the poetry before I ever became an undergrad then a grad—is often inspired by songs or
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To Cheese, with Love…or How to Hold on to Everything
You’ve heard it before: If you love something, set it free; and if it doesn’t come back, you may as
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Write Poetry Like it’s 1999, Part III
I think this will be the end of the poetry I share from 1999 (a good year). I’ve decided, for
Hearts on Fire…or How to Make Something Beautiful with Colored Markers
I decided to try an on-the-spot rewrite of an older poem. Point is: the longer amount of time you stay
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Be Kind, Revise…or the Importance of an Imaginary Knife
You rewrite your poem, perhaps because you are forced to; or maybe you feel it just doesn’t sound right. But
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