Category Archives: Contests
Poetry Overload
Yesterday was the quarterly meeting of the Georgia Poetry Society, and I think it was one of the better ones. For one thing, the programming ran really smoothly, and we we didn’t get crazy behind as we have in the … Continue reading
OMG!!! Finishing Line Is Taking La Petite Mort!
Alright, I’ve been hella down in the dumps lately, like, nauseatingly so. So, imagine how awesome it was to get an e-mail from Finishing Line Press today telling me that they’ll publish my chapbook La Petite Mort!!!! This is completely … Continue reading
Filed under Poetry, Publication, Contests
When Good Poems Go Bad
I’ve been working on this poem that just isn’t going well. Going well? Try, not going at all. Well, let me back up. As I said in my last post, this poem, called “The Art of Loss,” was to … Continue reading
Filed under art, Contests, Writing in General
The Animals Are Lining Up, 2 by 2
The rain has been relatively incessant the last week (with the exception of yesterday afternoon’s obnoxious burst of sun) that I’ve been thinking of writing some rain-related poems. The problem with that is, somehow all the connotations of rain are … Continue reading
Art, Poems, and Art-Poems
On Saturdays, I really need to get out of the house for a few hours, otherwise I begin to root to the couch, and get all depressive. So today my husband Chris and I went to lunch at Desi Spice, one … Continue reading
Day 5 Postcard Poem: FAIL
Alright, I admit it, I didn’t sent out a postcard today. I’m still working on the poem, which was going to be based on Donato Creti’s The Education of Achilles by Chiron, but it just wasn’t coming. I think … Continue reading
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Chapbooking
I already have three different chapbooks “in circulation,” which is a fancy way of saying that I’ve submitted them to several publishers/ contests and am waiting to hear good news. Ok, let’s be real: ANY news. Two have not won … Continue reading
