Writing Articles

Just Another Crayon in the Box

How can you not want all the nuance and potential and variety in the world?

Heralding the Feast

A Dorsimbra poem inspired by the rolling hills and farms of Iowa and Grant Wood’s painting, “Young Corn.”

Ghost Story

Why shouldn’t they be just as we knew them?

Heralding the Feast

Heralding the Feast

A Dorsimbra poem inspired by the rolling hills and farms of Iowa and Grant Wood’s painting, “Young Corn.”

April is a Foolish Month

April is a Foolish Month

On the folly of tackling multiple “challenges” and the dilemma of sharing writing online that leads to a “sexual revolution” in poetry. (Don’t worry – the post and the poem are PG at worst!)

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Formal Verse Magic Template

Formal Verse Magic Template

A template to help simplify the drafting of a formal poem such as the ballade, sestina, villanelle, sonnets, or ghazals. For everyone who’s ever gnashed their teeth and said, “This may be the death of me, yet,” while writing one.

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