A new anthology from Univrsity of Arizona Press : SING: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas Editor and poet Allison Hedge Coke assembles this multilingual...
The special 100 Thousand Poets for Change reading on last Saturday night was a success - thanks to the writers and the attentive, supportive audience who...
James  I found your review quite interesting. There certainly are some problems though.  The first para begins with a negative instead of a positive. The...
RHINO Reads! A Monthly Poetry Series September 30, 2011 FRIDAY   Open Mike          6:00 - 6:30 Featured Poets       6:45 - 7:45  ...
James, I think Mary nailed it as a straight up edit and relied on your intelligence rather than prescribing all solutions. She deserves great thanks. The one...
Don't try to bring me back to life My ghost only wants to hide To lie in the silence Of the vestige of my mind Turn off all the lights Bring down every curtain...
Her _rachiness I may be able to help you here. Your ghost is desperately seeking peace and would appear to be wandering in limbo. To allow it the rest it...
G'day "Rachness";, I truly enjoyed your poem, with all the loose ends of Finality neatly tended and tied... but we do know the way of the world, the ghost may...
Sunset, as Fires Play. Smoke drifts, so dark shrouding blackens the sky, earth, is left ravaged, as a fiery demon, rushes by. Sol blazes on high, so light...
her_rachness21, You have taken on a difficult task in this poem - to show a lost soul with no possibility of redemption. You arrange the elements consistently...
Morning all This is a wonderful poem. Interesting in interpretation. I take the resolution to be resignation rather than death. No decision is still a...
Bernie mate. Excellent as always. It put me in mind of the state of this planet of ours in these dark hours since 9-11. Re. "Dark clouds blackens the sky" How...
It all started with King Henry the eighth. Not one of my favourite royals as he had a habit of decapitating his wives and that's not on in my book as I'm...
We all know the story of the school inspector who wrote on the blackboard: "The Inspector"said the teacher "is a fool" and then altered it to demonstrate the...
This year's Southwold Literature festival at Suffolk.UK. offers the following delights: Tony Benn on "Looking to the future" Penelope Lively on "Reading...
Thank you all for your comments and input. Rod - You have picked up the very lines I struggled to write. Thid was a difficult poem in many ways, as mine...
A Wings, a cara, A wonderful tale. Also, nice to hear how your young son is an apple who fell not far from the tree! Interestingly, the subways in Budapest are...
A Rachel, a chara, Here goes! "Don't endeavor to bring me back to pointless life My ghost only wants to hide in the silent checked crevices of these pine...
Thank you so much- that's so helpful. I have difficulties with editing - I am in your debt entirely for this instruction. Thanks once again! Yes, of course I...
Hi Albi Re. Budapest deep subways. The first nuclear shelter I built was for a private landowner. I couldn't get any info from UK government sources and the...
Dear Wings Ä° am back to ticket2write after 2 years of break, When i read your email, i recall my days in Moscow in 1976 Ä°t was as if i moved to a planet in...
http://writingfix.com/Picture_Book_Prompts/Halloween_hoots1.htm We're looking for new student samples to complement all the great samples we received last...
Hi Haluk. I'm inclined to agree with your views on democracy being the way ahead but sadly there will always be some maniac who believes his way of rule to be...
ROFLMBO! Can I use this line: "The War Lords will forever be looking over the hedge at their neighbour's cabbage patch." with proper attribution, of course? ...
