his poems have been speaking to me. I see in his prose poems the influence of French surrealists and prose poets I adore, as well as the mystics I studied in college. Also, as someone who grew up on a farm, I love how he writes/thinks...
Depth Charge:This poem is dedicated to my father who, had he not died two years ago, would have been 89 years old today. It is a revision ofEverybody’s Mother Must Die, which velvel recorded as part of their albumBoy in Wolf’s Clothing. To read it, just click on the link here...
I suppose I was once upon a time…late teens, early 20s, like everyone else). And when I think of great love poems (“How do I love thee…” etc.), I for sure don’t think of my own work. Yet I constantly write about the heart, ...
The Year in Review: Auden on Prayer Book Revision: No More Mr. Nice Guy? by J. Chester Johnson (October 8, 2012) When the article, “On Working with W. H. Auden on The Psalms,” appeared here, I received a number of questions and requests for more information. So, I’m taking ...
Sharpened Poetry: Revision Strategies When you revise a poem, you are not trying to dull the emotional flash of your first draft. You must, instead, intensify it. In this, our final week, we’ll discuss the difference between revision and editing, the art of reading your own work criticall...
has become a much more integral part of my writing and revision process in recent years, even if it isn’t necessarily a poem that I think will make it into high rotation as a ‘live’ poem. This wasn’t really a major consideration when I was writingSnakesbecause the thought of sharing...
A beautiful collection of sensual poetry based on love and relationships of all kinds. As many of these pieces come from word prompts, it’s interesting to see these different voices/narratives come to life. There are some observers, some voyeurs, some sapphic, some with varying innuendos, ...
they can share space with them and even bits of their own life story, like the moment with which this episode concludes, when the speaker invokes their grandmother. I love this moment of the poem so dearly because it once again inverts a classic discursive move of the classroom teacher, wh...
He used the conventions of love poetry to show how political power was gained and transferred through personal relationships. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, was considered one of the foremost gentlemen in Europe, one whose rank and achievements provoked the suspicions of king and rivals. His ...
breakupscouplesdatinghealing,heartbreak,history,love,relationships Exposed, Inside & Out I wouldn’t normally re-post my border-line obsessive edits, especially given the whole “completely exposing myself” thing. But this is more of a revision than minor edits. ...