Winners, Palolem
I have just finished reading Winners: A Retrospective of the Washington Prize, published by The Word Works. I read it with a bit of need, as I am on The Word Works Board of...
Category: Poetry
Write a Thanksgiving poem
Here’s a challenge for you: write a Thanksgiving Holiday poem that actually gives thanks for the holiday Americans celebrated this past week. I bet it’s harder than you think. Sure, there are a lot...
Statesman Write-Up on Mussoorie Writers Festival
I was forwarded a link by way of Google+ on a great little write-up of the Mussoorie Writers Festival I attended in September. I thought about live tweeting the festival, but it would have...
Two book announcements
First, today is my sister’s birthday! So Happy Birthday sis! And what a better day than to officially announce that my Beowulf book is now available as an electronic book. Pre-Fire Kindle users may...
More on dramatic poetry
In my blog post on Harry Potter and the dramatic poem I made the statement that I had written narrative poetry but not dramatic poetry. But after cracking open my poetry bible, The Art...
Harry Potter and the Dramatic Poem
I have been thinking about dramatic poems a lot lately; my sudden attention to them as a genre came about while watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. Cable television now exists...
Writing at Home, Writing in Nature
I have always wanted to go to a poetry retreat center of some kind, and write in the mountains. For years I wrote during my commute to and from work, on the DC metro....
Writing at Home, Writing in Nature
I have always wanted to go to a poetry retreat center of some kind, and write in the mountains. For years I wrote during my commute to and from work, on the DC metro....
Dreams and Writing Them
I have been in India for more than a week now and I have yet to have a dream about my new home. My dreams this past week have been very stressful. They indicate...