The truth is that I have always had a hard time with my poetry. Not that I didn’t think some of it was good, or that I didn’t enjoy writing it, or that I didn’t want people to read it. […]
If you’ve been here before, you can plainly see there’s been some changes. Let me explain. I have started writing again. After scrambling to put together the last collection, which I never felt satisfied with, I took a much-needed break. […]
I try to put a positive spin on things by telling myself that at least it is obvious that I have improved with time. That my writing has improved. And while that is an encouraging thought, I still cringe a […]
I have tried many different art forms over the years. Music, dance, painting, writing… And ironically enough, despite it being the art that has stuck with me the longest and arguably means the most to me, poetry is the one […]
All my life I’ve been struck by two things: How poetry can bring people together through the power of shared experiences, and express terribly difficult things in an easy to understand way. How little people care about poetry. Quite often, […]
For a long time, I accused myself of having “writer’s block” when nothing worthwhile appeared on paper for a month or two. However, I began to notice a pattern in these “block” periods. They weren’t at all signs of lost […]
And, unfortunately, the title says it all. So, what do you do, when you want to design a poetry blog? Plaster it with images that are unrelated to your poetry to make it look more approachable? Or take a barebones […]