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Poetry and the Art of Choosing Favorites

Poetry and the Art of Choosing Favorites

I do not have favorite women poets. There, it’s out. I do not have favorite men poets either, so it’s an even deal. What could this mean? After all, I am a poet, a poetic author (I’ve been likened to Jane Kenyon and Annie Dillard), and the owner of T. S. Poetry Press. Oh, and […]

August 19, 2013 | By | 16 Replies More
The Vet and the IED

The Vet and the IED

During the month of October 2012, for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we will be featuring some posts related to Domestic Violence. This one is a poem by Anora. People like to ask her if her #DV writing is based on personal experience. She answers, “What’s important to know is that it is universal.”  The Vet […]

October 1, 2012 | By | 9 Replies More
Poet on Poetry with Sheree Rabe

Poet on Poetry with Sheree Rabe

We met Attorney and Poet Sheree Rabe as @writerrabe on Twitter, when she was building her Poet on Poetry blog, just as we were starting out in 2011. A year later she is going strong with yet another new venture, 100 Million Girls, in addition to Poet on Poetry, which we will address in Part […]

June 16, 2012 | By | 3 Replies More
Book Review: Poet Diana Raab’s Listening to Africa

Book Review: Poet Diana Raab’s Listening to Africa

Each poet’s voice is as unique as they are, and poems within a collection are varied too, like a region’s weather, with trends and ranges, but ultimately, hopefully, both predictable and unpredictable. Diana M. Raab’s fourth collection of poetry was rich in variety of styles, common threads, and the unpredicted. Listening to Africa emerged during […]

May 30, 2012 | By | 3 Replies More
US American Poet Prudy Sutherland

US American Poet Prudy Sutherland

Prudy Sutherland lived in the 20th century in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida. Born at the end of World War II with cerebral palsy, to a highly educated family, she became a writer of poems, short stories and essays, and likely would have published had she been born just 25 years later. As a young girl […]

I Fell for 99 Artists – A Poem by US Artist Mariah Wheeler

I Fell for 99 Artists – A Poem by US Artist Mariah Wheeler

I Fell for 99 Artists I fell hard for the 99, these dreamers who hungrily feed us their songs, whose hearts flow tenderpink, whose cup-shaped palms cry long hidden crimson tales, who yearn to say what must be said, reflect sun as does moon.   These are brave pioneers and hard working hand weavers, who […]

Aluine’s Gardens by C. Murray

Aluine’s Gardens by C. Murray

Before the house behind the sea, a garden. Before the mountain behind the house, a circuit of trees. Before the small house behind the grey sea, A strip of  lawn enclosed with box. Before the tall mountain behind those six white walls of house, rows of young alders a circuit make. Before the house of tree […]

September 12, 2011 | By | 4 Replies More
On Transcriptions: Transcribing Women’s Poetry

On Transcriptions: Transcribing Women’s Poetry

I transcribe women’s poetry. This short post is related to what I do on the Poethead blog and I suppose to the area of women’s writing that has been a concern for a few years now. Many of the poems that are a part of Poethead have found their way into my possession as gifts, or […]

July 5, 2011 | By | 3 Replies More
Celebrating Mary Oliver

Celebrating Mary Oliver

Some have said that Mary Oliver is America’s best loved living woman poet. She is said to be America’s best selling living poet. Lines from at least two of her poems have become touchstones of our culture. From The Journey, which is so famous it shows up on the first page of Google for the words […]