It’s currently about eleven degrees in New Jersey, and I am freezing to death. My house is 116 years old and has its original windows. Even with the storm windows (circa 1960s), the freezing air comes through the glass. Our furnace isn’t keeping up and it’s only 60 degrees in here. I’m wearing multiple layers [...]

I’m imagining that you all are out there tapping your fingers on your computer screens impatiently awaiting my next post here, since it’s been so long.  Such imaginings give away my tendency to think I’m the center of the universe. Well, I AM the center of my own universe, after all, so it’s a natural [...]

Oh hello, all you lovely people who are here from Poetry Hut Blog and Avoiding the Muse. Nice to have you. That turned out to be a pretty interesting discussion in the comments on the MFA post. You should go read them if you haven’t already. And how nice to get some fresh opinions.
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Homegirl Kelly was writing on her blog the other day about the past decade in terms of her growth as a writer, and it sent me back to my own early days as a writer. I’ve been writing seriously since high school, but only decided to focus on poetry about eight years ago, in 2002. [...]