Mass Poets read "In this Place (An American Lyric)" by Amanda Gorman
Please watch and share this beautiful video from Mass Poetry. ❤️ “In This Place (An American Lyric)” features a stirring choral recitation o...
Kibbles and Bits
Here's a picture Ella snapped of me yesterday. Decided to put on a dress as a change from jeans. In Mississippi, it was 73 degrees and o...
Never Say Never
Oh blogger, why can't I quit you? There's no good reason why I should be back here again, but, well, sheltering in place brings out ...
All Good Things ...
Happy 2020! For more than 10 years I have LOVED this space. It has been a place of growth and healing. When I think about all the poems disc...
Proof of Life
Um, hello? Is this thing on? I am writing from the Central Time Zone, as we have officially moved to Oxford, Mississippi for the academic ye...
Book Tour - Spring 2019
Look y'all, tour dates! My first book tour. I'm thrilled to be able to support my third book Rewilding . Did I mention my poem, Hoo...
Hoodie
OMG! OMG! OMG! Here I am in The New York Times Magazine next to John Legend! Well, not me so much as my poem, " Hoodie, " which wa...
The Slowdown
Last week, my poem, " Kettling " was featured on U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's podcast The Slowdown! I have known Tracy ...
By the Book
January. The coldest month of the year. Fortunately, there's no snow on the ground yet in my neck of the woods. So I am part of the P...
Poetry Action Plan 2019
OMG, is it time for a Poetry Action Plan? Why, yes. Yes it is! What, you may ask, is a Poetry Action Plan, or PAP? It is a road map for how...
A Little Help from My Friends
I’m so excited that Rewilding , my third collection with CavanKerry Press, has been in the world for almost two months and so far, the early...
Lucky
Yesterday, I met up with poet-friend for lunch. After our long, lingering afternoon over pasta and good bread, he reminded me how lucky we a...
Submittathon!
Today after a long hiatus, I submitted poems at a Submittathon. MP Carver set us up for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. She describes the group-sending of poe...
The Haps
This is happening! There is so much happening right now I can barely keep up. During December, I will update the blog regularly; although, a...
Rewilding is here!
It's here! Rewilding is here and in print. The release date is November 6, but it is a real thing. I am thrilled. CavanKerry did a nice ...
Rewilding available for presale!
Hello, beautiful! My third collection, Rewilding, is now available for presale! Order it early and have it arrive at your door in November. ...
Tampa, baby!
I am 75% packed for the AWP Conference in Tampa next week. Why am I packed so early? It looks like it will be 80 degrees, and I need shoes!...
Confession Tuesday
I posted this pic a few weeks ago on Instagram and Twitter and it went viral (I own the photo), which is very cool. Nothing I do goes viral....
Legacy
Backstage on Inauguration Day! We’re just moments away from the inauguration of @SalemStatePres John Keenan. pic.twitter.com/yZtwK9VEVQ — S...
Confession Tuesday
Happy Confession Tuesday! (I confess I'm posting on Wednesday.) **** Ella and I went swimming tonight (technically, last night). Those w...
