Well, we are recovering!
These last few days have been so long and so short.
Here is a summary:
Friday I left at about 7:30 in the morning and stopped in Greensboro to drop off a gift for my nephew Thomas with my in-laws. I had a chance to grab a mini bagel and a soda, as well [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Recouping from My Sister’s Wedding!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
You Know Anyone Who Wants to Take a Class?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged joseph beth, poetry classes, teaching on May 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I’ve been wanting to set up a class for quite some time but I’ve had WAY too much going on. I’ve now, however, booked the room so do you know anyone in the Charlotte area who might like to attend a class? If so, please let them know about the one below:
Jump Start Your Summer [...]
MFA Readings at Queens
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged mfa, Poetry, Queens on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I should have updated more about this earlier in the week but I have been running around like a chicken with my head half on trying to get things done at home before heading out on Friday to my sister’s wedding in good old Edenton, NC. I won’t be back till Monday late so it [...]
Video Tuesday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged charlotte writer's club, Poetry, weight loss on May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First is this weeks issue of Shape of a Box. Issue 33. Click here to watch the video with text in the side bar or just watch below:
Then my weekly vlog about weight loss. First video is weigh-in and grocery shopping:
2nd video covers what the rest of [...]
First Residency I’m not IN
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged camera for sale, charlote, poetry for sale, tv for sale on May 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well residency week began at Queens yesterday. *sigh* It is bittersweet to think about it. I am very much glad that I finished the program but I can’t help thinking about the seminars and the people and how much wonder there is in sitting around talking about the craft of writing with like minded people.
That [...]
Book Round-Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on May 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The weekend always seems to be a time when I finish up books. Towards this weekend I finished a few I will note, and some I will not note (don’t tend to note the ones – especially poetry books – that I was less than interested in).
On the fiction side (or almost non-fiction) completed What [...]
The Long Poem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Poetry, the long poem, writing on May 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ok. I might sound like I am talking out of both sides of face (or out of my ass, whatever) but I have a hard time reading long poems. That being said – I seem to be writing them lately.
How do I define a long poem? To me, a long poem is one that goes [...]


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