A nation calls the world of poetry to the microphone. A nation empowers poets across four generations calling us forth from five continents and twenty-six countries with the poets hailing from Venezuela, Argentina, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Germany, Chile, China, Colombia, South Korea, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, the United States, […]
Last year close to today I was preparing to go to Venezuela to be a part of the 10mo Festival Mundial de Poesia: canto comÚn (10th Annual World Festival of Poetry). Hugo Chavez had died that year and much of the nation was still in mourning at his passing […]
Struggling to write one day last week my mind found myself thinking of a Jayne Cortez poem, “You Know:” “You know I sure would like to write a blues you know a nice long blues you know a […]
Writing for the web, particularly writing blogs, has always frustrated me. The writing needs to be fast, glib, entertaining; an easy read and, if possible, say something of value. As writers go, I am a relatively fast wordsmith. That is to say I can get a gush of words on […]
on passing on for Wanda, Imari, Maya, and Ruby it is a circle this dying i must remember that as an incantation- it is a circle this dying a circle i must find a balance on in these very few months so many gone precious souls, […]
My website is not yet complete, but I really needed to start my blog. So welcome and thank you for braving the “under construction” zone! This is a writer’s website and as such most of my blogs will have something to do with writing. I am a multi-genre writer, most […]
This site is under construction but in the coming weeks I will be posting a new blog once a week and a prompt for you to write your own words. Please come back!
