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Death by Scrabble
I have always loved the way this man reads poetry, and his voice seems perfect for this short story, written by Charlie Fish.
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PePoWriMo – Attempted Comeback from NaPoWriMo Fail
My explanation on Youtube for why I never got passed April 11th for this year’s Poem-a-Day (NaPoWriMo) challenge for National Poetry Month. Ah well, my mom had a saying for when I didn’t eat everything on my plate. She said my eyes were bigger than my stomach. Ah well, at least the grades were good…
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Teen Quote of the Week
Jonathan: “I can’t sing or play the guitar well at all, so I think I’m going to start my own punk rock band.”
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Napowrimo, Days 10 and 11 – Ketchup Rhymes with…
Dear Jaime, You know I love you. I do. I know that my style of poetry is not your thing, and I understand that you are more comfortable with old school rhyme and meter. But please understand that when you say that you don’t get what I write and that you want me to write…
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Napowrimo, Day 9 – Reconfiguration
I was discussing with someone last night how you might read something and think, yes, it is presented in lines, perhaps has a working metaphor; it might even be rhymed and metered. But in the end you think, “That wasn’t a poem.” I think this is a topic I’d like us to chat about in…
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Napowrimo, Day 7 – A Matter of Time
Where the hell did the first week of April go? Already it is the seventh. I have slept little, exercised rarely, eaten sporadically, and have been rewarded with two mid term A’s, an A paper, an A quiz. All A’s. It feels like too small a reward. Though most of you, my dearest friends were…