First thing’s first: The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival is not the time to try and sell your manuscript, to network or to book your next gig (but I’m sure some level wheeling and dealing happens). This is not the time to bring every book you own by one poet to sign or, heaven forbid, [...]

Revision: the bane of my poetic existence. I dislike it so much that I titled this post after the opening line of Marianne Moore’s “Poetry“—a poem which started out as 29 lines when it appeared in print in 1921, to a succinct four lines in the 1967 version.*
But the truth is most poets, including yours [...]

30 Poems in 30 Days. How has that challenge been for you? Let us know what you’re doing.
As you cast about for yet one more inspiration, be sure to use the random prompts or previous prompts and share any tricks you use to get through the rough spots.
Are you writing American Sentences, haiku or prose [...]

Ahhh, April—that special time of year when our thoughts turn to spring, Opening Day in baseball and National Poetry Month in the U.S. So, how do you mark what is supposed to be “the cruelest month?” When you tell friends and family it is National Poetry Month, are your responses similar to this:
“National Poetry Month? [...]

Next Tuesday is April Fool’s Day. (You’d think it would end March Madness- the State’s NCAA college basketball championship, but no, the final four is April 5 and the final game is April 7.)
April is National Poetry Month (in the US). Read Write Poem will be supporting you as you celebrate, in a variety of [...]

Last month marked my fourth year attending the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, this year in New York City. And because it was in the Big Apple, it certainly was … well … ginormous! With a reported 7,500 people registered, I couldn’t help but think about the poets and writers who have [...]