I bet you’ve been sitting on the edge of your seat for ages waiting for a new video of me reading my poetry. Well, you can kick back and relax now, because here it is. You might have to crank up your speakers. I don’t think any of the poems I read have been postedContinueContinue reading “2010 MFA Reading”
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Work in Progress
Here’s something new I’ve been toying with. I think maybe the title is too heavy for the poem, but the previous title was “In the Woods,” and that wasn’t enough. I hate titles. Can I be Emily Dickinson and rely on the first line of each poem as the title? When I am dead andContinueContinue reading “Work in Progress”
True Confessions
It has been several weeks now since I’ve written any poems anywhere. I’m pretending that they are stored away in my brain just waiting for a moment to spill out onto the computer screen (because, let’s face it, there’s no such thing as putting pen to paper anymore). Surely there’s some poem floating out thereContinueContinue reading “True Confessions”
The Explanation
The ExplanationThe baby that used to bein mommy’s bellyis in heaven nowwith Tex and Great Pop.Heaven is far away,beyond the clouds and sky,even farther than the moonand sun and stars. Godis in heaven, too, and Jesus,who loves the little babies.He lets them snugglein his arms the way I dowith you at night,when we read ourContinueContinue reading “The Explanation”
Mark Jarman Interview in Rattle Summer 2006
I’ve had a copy of the 25th issue of Rattle, a poetry literary journal, hanging out in my house for several months and finally picked it up to leaf through. This particular issue has a tribute to the best of Rattle as well as an interview with a poet I recently heard read at AWPContinueContinue reading “Mark Jarman Interview in Rattle Summer 2006”
Season of Productivity
This weekend, the family and I went up to spend time with BW’s parents in Akron. It had been a while since we were all up there together, and the kids hadn’t seen Rhonda for several weeks (an unusually long stretch of time). I had a very productive writing weekend because of it– when we’reContinueContinue reading “Season of Productivity”
Christmas Cookies
Christmas CookiesThis baking is taking the fruit of some bodyand mixing it with the fruit of the earth, birthing harmony in each small cookie,Mary’s sowing, reaping, crushing, sifting,the cow with milk to give, hen with eggs to fold in, substance of life and life-giving blending.Isn’t this season about celebrating the melding of spiritwith flesh? RememberourContinueContinue reading “Christmas Cookies”
The Holidays
It is the season of Christmas music, Christmas lights, Christmas cookies, Christmas parties, Christmas shopping, and Christmas. Christmas. Just the word lifts my spirits. Merry Christmas to you. And you. And you over there, too! I’d like to give a shout out to the folks over at Kodak Gallery. I ordered *stuff* from them onContinueContinue reading “The Holidays”
What Is This Really About?
Over the course of the last six months (!), I’ve been working on shaping my collection of poems. It has gone through a number of transformations and two title changes, and right now I have six stacks of paper in the kitchen – one stack for each “theme” I think my book has. (Six. Hm.ContinueContinue reading “What Is This Really About?”
That Crazy Thang Called "Plans"
It’s the end of another week, and I have a bit of a headache that I’m calling sinus because if I scrunch up my nose and squint my eyes, the pressure seems to be relieved a little bit. It’s kind of hard to type like this and I think all of the undergraduates wandering byContinueContinue reading “That Crazy Thang Called "Plans"”
Sarah Marie Wells 