More places of hope

I said here a couple of years ago that Natalie Jabbar’s blog of curated poems each April is like a … More

A list of found poems

Here is a list of various found poems that I have made over the years. Happy holiday reading and looking … More

The Fear of Poetry In this moment when we facehorizons and conflicts widerthan ever before, we want our resources,the ways … More

Twilight Three minutes ago it was almost dark.Now all the darkness is in theleaves (there are no morelow garage roofs, … More

To safe and almost universal silence I published How Far From Here is Home? (Stride) a few days before Christmas in … More

Struggling I haven’t had time to stand and fart recently, and you’re wanting me to work on a relationship? That … More

Bike You, who have borne three sons of mine, still bear my weight routinely, transporting me. An odd … More

As the holiday season continues I repost this list of various found poems that I have made over the … More

As the summer holiday season takes hold, I am posting an old blog post or two from the archive. See … More

My James Schuyler obsession continues. (So is my adoration of blogs about pencils, but that is another story.) Below are … More

and (Dear James) it occurs to me now, just thinking out loud, that in a way Kenneth and Frank … More

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the ‘poets I go back to’ idea, that I first came across in … More

Dear James (may I call you James?) Though it’s been a while (at least ten years, maybe more) it feels as … More

This being a Saturday in Lent, I am reblogging a favourite post from my archives. Here is one of … More

after Mark Halliday Because of the writing days. And because The discovery will not happen on its own, unprompted, … More

This is a Saturday in Lent, so I am reposting a favourite older post from my archives. See you on … More

Ann Sansom is one of my all-time favourite people, poets or normal, ever. I count myself fortunate to have worked … More

Each Saturday of this LentBlog series I am going to post an old post from my archives. Here is one … More