From late February through late May, I'm a baseball coach, and that along with the English teacher's late-year grading load keeps me from writing anything for the three months leading up to summer. Like a lot of teacher/poets, I romanticize summertime, when the living's easy and there's more than enough time to read and write. The reality, of course, is that it's summertime. There are just so many other things to do:
Plus, when you take three months off from writing, there are bound to be some cobwebs to clear out, and that's where I am right now. I'm lucky in that I was productive in the first couple of months of 2011, which means I've got about twenty poems that are ready to make the rounds, and I'm slowly starting to get them out there to face the inevitable judgment.
I'm also finally finding the time to celebrate some of the publications that have carried my work this spring. The contributor's copies and links have been piling up--Nimrod, Sugar House Review, Willow Review, Eclectica, The Captain's Tower: Seventy Poets Celebrate Bob Dylan at 70, The Village Pariah--and I haven't had a chance to even acknowledge or announce them, much less delve into the rest of the fine work they contain. I plan to do that soon, and I'll let you know what I find.
I'll also keep you posted on what happens as I face the blank notebook again. Wish me luck!
Plus, when you take three months off from writing, there are bound to be some cobwebs to clear out, and that's where I am right now. I'm lucky in that I was productive in the first couple of months of 2011, which means I've got about twenty poems that are ready to make the rounds, and I'm slowly starting to get them out there to face the inevitable judgment.
I'm also finally finding the time to celebrate some of the publications that have carried my work this spring. The contributor's copies and links have been piling up--Nimrod, Sugar House Review, Willow Review, Eclectica, The Captain's Tower: Seventy Poets Celebrate Bob Dylan at 70, The Village Pariah--and I haven't had a chance to even acknowledge or announce them, much less delve into the rest of the fine work they contain. I plan to do that soon, and I'll let you know what I find.
I'll also keep you posted on what happens as I face the blank notebook again. Wish me luck!
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I'm reading and reviewing some of the many volumes of poetry published in 2011 to get more attention for new poetry on blogs this summer, and Amateur Reader recommended Illinois, My Apologies on this post about the awards ("Indie Lit"): https://necromancyneverpays.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/read-any-new-poems-lately/#comments
I would certainly like to buy all the volumes I come across, but can't always, so if you are able to send a copy of your volume, I would read it and review it on my blog--it's already added to the list of volumes for consideration for the awards. You can find my email on my blog's "contact me" page.
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