Writers are not known for their social skills. Even those who write great dialogue do so from the privacy of their own writing space, with endless re-writes and reading it back out loud to determine when they have finally captured something like “real” conversation. You can write a to-do list, or even a family Christmas […]
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A Conversation Between Writers
Posted in Isolation/Belonging, Poetry, Writing on January 23, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Writing Assignment II
Posted in Poetry, Relationships on November 17, 2013 | 2 Comments »
I’ve given myself a writing assignment: Write a poem. I argue with even this teacher’s assignment. An inane argument, a stall, I suppose, but my resistance demands its voice. I ask: What is a poem these days? Prose with more line breaks? Ideas uncoupled? Half-written thoughts that trail off? Descriptions that lead […]
Poetry Reading/Reading Poetry
Posted in Idiosyncracies, Music, Poetry, Time on June 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
I took a poetry collection to a café. I had an hour before attending an author reading, and was feeling particularly literary. I sat at the bar, ordered the least expensive glass of red wine, and chatted amiably with the tattooed woman bartender about what a find to meet this poet. The poet of […]