Nat'l Poem in Your Pocket Day is tomorrow! –April 21, 2016 #NaPoMo

Participating in National Poem in Your Pocket Day is easy and fun! Put a poem (your own or one of your favorites) in your pocket today and share it with: friends, family co-workers go to an open mic in your area Looking for a local poetry slam, open mic, […]

Nat’l Poem in Your Pocket Day is tomorrow! –April 21, 2016 #NaPoMo

Participating in National Poem in Your Pocket Day is easy and fun! Put a poem (your own or one of your favorites) in your pocket today and share it with: friends, family co-workers go to an open mic in your area Looking for a local poetry slam, open mic, […]

April Poet Profiles: Trish Hopkinson

HUGE thanks to Emily and her awesome blog for featuring me as one of her poet profiles for National Poetry Month! You can read three of my poems and two include audio. #NaPoMo

My review of chapbook Puzzle Pieces published by Yellow Chair Press + their free weekly poetry contest!

My chapbook review of Puzzle Pieces by Bernard Grant just went up on Yellow Chair Review! This chapbook was a wonderful read. If you’re interested in writing reviews, browse through some of the reviews on their Reviews/Articles page to get a feel for how they are written. Also, many presses/authors […]

"Why I Read Poems When They Are Often Quite Bad"–guest blog post by Vincent Francone

I just finished Rosemary Tonk's posthumous collection of poems, Bedouin of the London Evening.  I wanted to read Tonks ever since I saw this quote: "The main duty of the poet is to excite - to send the senses reeling."  I quite agree.  Sadly, I disliked the book.  […]

“Why I Read Poems When They Are Often Quite Bad”–guest blog post by Vincent Francone

I just finished Rosemary Tonk's posthumous collection of poems, Bedouin of the London Evening.  I wanted to read Tonks ever since I saw this quote: "The main duty of the poet is to excite - to send the senses reeling."  I quite agree.  Sadly, I disliked the book.  […]

3 poems, a prompt + submission call–Terrain.org, DEADLINE: May 30, 2016

Rob Carney treats us to three poems (with audio!) for his guest blog post up at Terrain.org this month. Previous posts are full of great ideas to get you writing and what’s more inspiring than poems during National Poetry Month! You can view all his blog posts here. Response poetry […]

NO FEE Submission Call w/ $200 in awards–Four Chambers Press, DEADLINE: April 30, 2016

To read more about Four Chambers Press or for more about their editors, read their Staff page here. Four chambers is a fairly new print literary magazine that published their first issue in 2013 as “an independent community literary magazine based in Phoenix, AZ whose mission is to give greater visibility to the literary […]

National Poetry Month begins today! #NaPoMo–Here's a list of ways you can participate . . .

So many amazing ways to celebrate poetry this month! If you missed this post from April 1, don’t worry–there’s still time to participate!

National Poetry Month begins today! #NaPoMo–Here’s a list of ways you can participate . . .

So many amazing ways to celebrate poetry this month! If you missed this post from April 1, don’t worry–there’s still time to participate!