Fresh off the presses, or should I say, permanent marker. I’m still working the kinks out of my morning creative routine, trying to find something that feels natural, feeds my creativity, is easily repeatable, and is something I actually want […]
Category: poetry
more woes
All of the previous blackout poems I’d posted were created a few years ago and had been living in a folder, gathering dust. In a burst of inspiration last week, I decided to spend some time working on some new […]
the blues
Full disclosure: this was posted on Thursday and backdated to Wednesday. Perhaps that’s sacrilege to some folks, but this is my little red wagon and I’ll pull it how I like. Enjoy.
There are just not enough options available
Another blackout poem for Word Wednesday. At some point, I have to get back to doing these because they were intensely fun to create and felt more like play than almost any writing I’ve done lately. All of these that […]
the majority
Another newspaper blackout poem from several years ago finally seeing the light of day. Once again, this concept was stolen from Austin Kleon. It’s interesting going through this folder that’s been sitting idle for years now and discovering what’s inside. […]
The “What Ifs”
Trying something a little new this week by adding Word Wednesday to the schedule and sharing a poem. Seems to make sense since I’ve already talked about my writing a few times already. This was an idea that I swiped […]
Enduring the Edit
“I’ve found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.” – Don Roff The best thing about having two writing projects going […]
40 (crash&burn)
too much beer and not enough sleep tearing at the seams with a switchblade, you’re getting too old for all the old games – time to find some other pastime to wast time don’t stand too long, your knees will […]