NOBODY IS GOING TO MAKE “ME” HAPPEN (Or, Why Being an Artist is like Playing Candy Crush)
At first, I kind of thought someone would make me happen. If I could just network enough and make enough friends and attach myself to the right people, then someone … Continue reading
Being Truthful (in imaginary circumstances)
Writers are brave enough to formulate their inner most thoughts into cohesive ideas or themes. They take them to paper, laptop or even their cell phone these days, and put … Continue reading
The Real Poetry Question
As my first contribution to this blog, I thought I should aim high and try to answer the biggest poetry question of all: What exactly is poetry? Haven’t people been … Continue reading
Shut Up and Sing.
Last December, when over twenty children and adults were brutally murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, thousands of Americans took to social media to express their fear, … Continue reading
The Best Thing That Ever Happened To My Poetry
Ask anyone that knows me: left to my own devices, I tend to degenerate into a shadow of a person. Just this past weekend my roommate went on a trip … Continue reading
POWER OF POETRY #1: I’m Uncomfortable Too. – by Wil Gibson
The first time I remember hearing the word “poetry” it came from a family member who was making fun of poets. How dumb they were for thinking their words … Continue reading →