Cutting Corners is my new interview series, and my first guest is Cody Sexton of Anxiety Press. He is the…
On Breaking Up w/ Writing Competitions
I have rarely won anything in my life. The last thing I won was a raffle at an open mic…
June Bug
With Bambi eyes all aflutter, I drink from the well of men. A paper lantern hangs from every bloody coat…
Animalia
Smoke-coloured little animal, gleaming in the light of the lamp with its lampshade. Naked! Naked! Rivulets of rain were creeping…
On the Business of Poetry
First of all, you have to ask yourself why you do this. Many cannot seem to envision doing this for…
My Skin is an Epilogue
Twenty Questions: Monica Drake
Monica Drake, a renowned writer and former college professor, now teaches private writing workshops in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.…
Camden
After ‘America’ by Allen Ginsberg Camden, I knew you when I was just a fish swimming into fortune. Camden, I…
Burning Land
“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.”—King Lear The sponge of…
The Poet v. The Fanfare
Yesterday afternoon, I received word that I did not place in a poetry competition. Not only that, but there was…