poetry
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Politics & Poetics
[UPDATED 8:00 PM 16 January: Wow. Andrew Sullivan just linked to the poem. My stats are booming!] My poems seldom incite controversy, but I Have This To Say About That, regarding why the New Hampshire pollsters got it wrong, has done exactly that, here and elsewhere. Comments and emails on this poem have reminded me… Continue reading
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Poetry Thursday|Cam’s Poetry Meme
This week’s prompt was Cam’s poetry meme: 1. The first poem I remember reading/hearing/reacting to was … "Jabberwocky" is a poem (of nonsense verse) written by Lewis Carroll, and found as a part of his novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). It is generally considered to be one of the… Continue reading
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Poetry Thursday
This week’s prompt was to attend a reading, which I planned to do (of sorts) but the car wouldn’t start. Water in the gas line. So instead, let’s deconstruct yesterday’s Snapshot Poem, shall we? It seemed fine when I first posted it, but then … a little help from PoetryEtc and others, and a… Continue reading
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Poetry Thursday
Poetry Thursday had a really great prompt this week, but I don’t have the time or energy it deserves just now. I did do my usual snapshot poem yesterday, and I’m going to send you to a current, ongoing conversation at The Well with poet and novelist Mary Mackey: Mary Mackey is the author… Continue reading
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Montana Festival of the Book ~ Poetry
Saturday morning, tired but inspired from Friday’s adventures, I headed out to our newly renovated Missoula Art Museum for Montana Poetry: A Conversation, with Sandra Alcosser, Tami Haaland, Kim Anderson, Rick Newby, Beth Ferris, Arlynn Fishbaugh, Lowell Jaeger, Megan McNamer, Mandy Smoker, and Corby Skinner. I was especially looking forward to seeing Beth, a poet… Continue reading
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