Confession Tuesday

It is the last Tuesday in March, which according to my daughter is not going out like a lamb. Well, these are the dog days of spring for me,...

2015 National Poetry Month Poster

Here's the 2015 National Poetry Month poster from the Academy of American Poets. It arrived in the mail today. I have every NPM poster ...

Virginia Festival of the Book 2015

It's been so long since I've been to a festival as a reader that I almost forgot how much I enjoy it. Despite the awful travel--snow...

Confession Tuesday

Happy Tuesday folks. It's Tuesday. Time for your confessions.   Here's a picture of Ella and me goofing off at our local community a...

Confession Tuesday

It's Tuesday. Time to fess up, folks! Yoga for Poets. I'm sure such a thing exists. On a snowy Sunday morning, I took my first yoga ...

Mass Poetry Fest Schedule Is Live!

Plan your visit to the Mass Poetry Festival In case you missed it this week, the  schedule  for the 7th Massachusetts Poetry Festival is now...

Confession Tuesday

Finally, dear reader, the weather has turned for the better. And while the kids and I are adjusting to setting our clocks ahead, we’re final...

The 2015 Kundiman Poetry Prize

2015  Kundiman  Poetry Prize Published by  Tupelo Press     Deadline:  March 15, 2015   The Kundiman Poetry Prize is dedicated to publish...

Poets in the Round

Hope you can join us today! Poets in the Round SATURDAY, MARCH 7 2:00 p.m. Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA Join poets Colleen Michaels, Janu...

Confession Tuesday

Turkey! The weather is finally starting to abate. I see more pavement than snow on the sidewalks and driveways. The snow mounds are dirty br...

Confession Tuesday

Jiminy Cricket it’s cold! (Cold weather brings out the unused clichés in me.) Negative 6 degrees, that was this morning's temp. Can you ...

Confession Tuesday

I'm not even sure what to confess this week. A few weeks ago, my uncle--my only uncle, which makes him my favorite uncle, passed away. I...

Phil Levine

This is an essay I wrote for the book, Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine , edited by Mari L'Esperance and Tomás Q. Morín (Pra...

Confession Tuesday

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god I hate snow. I mean, we’re in a weather pattern where it snows every other day. Some days it’s fl...

Confession Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, folks. I took this photo last night after the second major snowfall in a week. We got about 17 inches of snow on top of the 2...

Blizzard of 2015

I confess I hate snow. I hate winter. This was Tuesday afternoon during the blizzard. When it was over, 27" of snow fell in our neck of...

"When I Dare to be Powerful ..."

Theatre of Words and Music

Join me on Saturday for the Theatre of Words and Music. Should be a ton of fun! TWM featuring January O'Neil, Michael G Martin, and Whit...

Confession Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, folks. Hope you've had a good start to the New Year. To celebrate 2015 and the release of Misery Islands , we're gi...

Inventing Situations

Happy New Year, folks!  I'm starting 2015 with a poem published in the latest issue of American Poetry Review (APR)! I don't subscr...