Tonight, maybe we can sleep again. Thanks for thinking of me, Russ!
The new Magma Poetry's here with my essay, "I Chose the Poodle: Thwarting Expectations and Shooting Yourself in the Foot with Humour"! That's right, I got two u's in my "humour"! Thank you so much, Ella Frears and John Canfield, for having me. It's an HONOUR!
"Poem for the American Crow" is LIVE on iowabirdofmouth.com! Is there anything these crafty birds can't do? Individuals and groups are welcome to submit verses to this CROWd-sourced poetry project, featuring a different spotlight bird every month.
It was a lot of fun to write my Iowa Arts Council profile. The fellows will be on the road through 2017, sharing our work in communities across Iowa. First stop for me: Osceola on November 5!
I'll be reading with Ryan Collins at 11:30 Prairie Lights Bookstore, followed at 2:30 by a panel discussion, "A Sense of Place," with Henriikka Tavi, Shenaz Patel, Amanah Mustafi and Ryan Collins at the Robert A Lee Recreation Center, Social Hall. Hope to see you there!
Big stuff in IC!
I'm thrilled and honored to have been commissioned to write this poem. I'm a HUGE NPS fan. This year we did Bryce, Zion, The Grand Canyon, and Isle Royale, and today, we're off to the Effigy Mounds! The Imagine Our Parks project by the Academy of American Poets is funded by a National Endowment for the Arts.
Thank you, Lunch and D Period Gilson, for giving a home to a poem with a title I've been trying to use for 20 years.
Iowa Bird of Mouth is making friends all over tha plaze! Thanks, Ronna Lawless and KHOI Community Radio, for helping us spread the word! See you tomorrow at the Ames Public Library!
My poem, "Drones," with a deft introduction by Peter Raynard, is up at Proletarian Poetry! "It won’t be long before they’ve delivered something you only thought about buying."