Mothers Ask ‘May I’ Too
There was a time in my life when I wanted to climb the corporate latter, at least, the organizational one. I was willing to do this because it meant more money. Meanwhile my wife...
Category: Poetry
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, or #Bard154
This year I have been reducing all of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets (14-line poems) into quatrains of 140 characters each. On Monday I tweeted them (for Twitter’s specifications I had to reduce them to 136...
Hourglass Museum and the timeless art of life
Hourglass Museum by Kelli Russell Agodon appears to be a book of poetry based on art — and it is, but it is also so much more. It is a book about life and...
American Galactic lands close to home
American Galactic by Laura Madeline Wiseman is a fun, well-written book that takes issues and events of everyday life and gives them a sci-fi twist. The cover of the book, an image of martians...
Press Release: Red Dashboard publishes Steel Cut Oats
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Red Dashboard Press announces release of Steel Cut Oats by Joshua Gray April 12, 2015 Washington DC — Red Dashboard Press is pleased to announce the release of Steel Cut Oats,...
Blurb for Steel Cut Oats
As my new book Steel Cut Oats nears completion of production, I have received a blurb from another poet. Very nice words, indeed! Steel Cut Oats is not a cookbook. It is a book...
Letter To Poetry
Keya is a high school student who had an assignment in her poetry class: write a letter to poetry. But never mind that this was a school assignment, because her letter is something I...
Poetry FAIL
Warning. This is a rant. I am getting really tired of physical bookstores — the kind with a front door and shelves and an actual counter you walk up to in order to buy...
June 2014 Newsletter
My newsletter, which was supposed to be sent out in April, has finally been released! Read it here. Lots of stuff happening: anthologies, kindle versions of new books, and a move back to the...
Review of Principles of Belonging
Thanks to Fox Chase Review — who has been a supporter of my poetry — and Dennis Daly on this bit of excitement this past weekend! Read the review here.