fellowship/publication submissions: 7 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: 0 Secret Shame: See “books” above. Mantra of the Moment: Action reveals priorities. –Mahatma Ghandi
Yeah, I Said It
For real: I did. And some folks thought it was worth printing. I hope you think it’s worth reading; check it out here: ITCH, a literary magazine out of South Africa, published two poems in its ≠ issue. “Algebra” and “How Today Will Look When It’s History 14 September 1977″ are from my manuscript Marrow [...]
Monthly Meter: April 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 3ish (semi-finalist for 1) books: 0 Secret Shame: Puberty’s angst and awkwardness refuses to leave me alone. Pretend not to notice–that’s what I do. And trail mix with white chocolate chips. Mantra of the Moment: Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient [...]
Monthly Meter: March 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 4 fellowship/publication acceptances:0 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: me and Nina Monica A. Hand Secret Shame: I really might, well probably would, for a Klondike bar. Ice cream is definitely one of my weaknesses. Mantra of the Moment: “Even those who appear fearless are afraid and just live fully anyway.” (Antoinette Brim in an [...]
Monthly Meter: February 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 10 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: 3 Teeth Aracelis Girmay Blood Dazzler Patricia Smith Like Trees, Walking Ravi Howard Secret Shame: Running nightmares. Seriously. I have them. Why can’t I be faster with killer abs? Because I like white chocolate chips, ice cream, and sleep–the latter of which I cannot seem [...]
Monthly Meter: January 2012
It’s ba-yack! The Monthly Meter returns this year. It might be better named my accountability log; my Dar-get-on-the-stick statistics. Because that’s really what all these numbers and records are about. Follow me on the journey. Or walk beside me. Well, run with me–I’m picking up the pace! Come back every month to see how goes [...]
Conversations that happen in my head v.1
“I think inspiration is given too much credit. It can only do so much—never any of the heavy lifting that’s required when crafting a poem. Inspiration is a lazy architect who gives you a blueprint with only the front door drawn, then snoozes on a hammock while you build the entire house.” (David Hernandez) Aww [...]
Stall **crickets**
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl Woman – Age 35 If you’ve ever checked out my Monthly Meter on here, you will see my stops and starts–lurching then full speed to a putt-putt and altogether stop. 35 was one of those times. I point you to a post I wrote almost exactly a [...]
What is in the marrow is hard to take from the bone.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl Woman – Age 34 When I headed to St. Louis for a 2 week writing workshop, I had not written anything new in, probably, a year. Acclimating to Baltimore, my new job were useful excuses for my “silence.” I was headed to Africa to teach when [...]
Fresh Out of Words
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl Woman – Age 31 When the things I wrote depressed me more than the things I wrote about, I stopped writing. To call it writer’s block would be inaccurate–I had plenty to say. But it seemed to all be the same words; remix after remix after remix of [...]
