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 […]
There are days when I still can’t believe that I actually have an online presence. That I actually have the courage to publish anything. And truthfully, without a pseudonym, there’s a good chance that I wouldn’t do so. I will […]
The translations of Edith Södergran and Gustaf Munch-Petersen are to date the most ambitious writing project I have engaged in. And it wasn’t even planned. Why Did I Choose To Do It? Gustaf Munch-Petersen was the poet who showed me […]
I used to be inspired by nature, more than anything. But these days? Well, things have changed. It used to be a comforting thought that nature was an endless series of cycles, replenishing themselves. But that isn’t technically true anymore […]