This is the feed for my blog. I update the blog... occasionally? What's a phrase for "Not Terribly Frequently" that makes me sound busy rather than lazy? "When the mood strikes?", "As time allows?", "Every fortnight?" Hmmm.
I update the blog as much as I can. I'm writing, you know.
I’ve done an occasional Poetry Post-Mortem on my own poetry, and I enjoyed it so much that I’ve invited some of my favorite poets to send me their own Post-Mortems. Here’s the newest! The latest Poetry Post-Mortem comes from a wonderful poet who I haven’t…
I’ve done an occasional Poetry Post-Mortem on my own poetry, and I enjoyed it so much that I’ve invited some of my favorite poets to send me their own Post-Mortems. Here’s the first! Note: This poem was originally published in Three Drops Poetry for their…
This is a quick one. I’m not going to go into too much detail about the poem itself, it was inspired by comic books and cartoons. I loved how the police in comics were always waiting when the superhero showed up with villain. They were…
We went to LegoLand and had a blast. This is part 2 of what we did on our summer vacation. On our second day at LegoLand we hit a few stops we missed the first day! Miles got his Lego boating license.We met some pretty…
Every April we celebrate poetry and poets with National Poetry Month. Started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, the month is meant to increase awareness of the art form, encourage more people to read poetry, and recognize our nation’s poets. Many libraries and organizations around…
I occasionally like to dissect my poems for your enjoyment and to prove inspiration comes from all over the place. This one is more a mini-mortem. The Poem “Officer White Takes a Sick Day” was in my first collection and it’s a favorite of mine…
Kirkus Reviews gave my Book, The Boogeyman’s Intern, a great review! Even better, they featured it in their magazine and online.
We went on vacation a few weeks ago, but we’ve only now recovered enough to talk about it. We haven’t had a good vacation in a while as a family, and it was a blast. I kept somewhat of a running diary of the trip…
9 heist films to watch after you see Solo: A Star Wars Story and Ocean’s 8. So you caught the latest installment in the Star Wars saga and you need more heists in your life? You dig the lovable rogue with a heart of gold?…
The following is a guest post by Aaron Daniel Behr. Aaron loves God, literature and rhetoric. His first book, The Husband, a memoir of divorce and mental illness, is now available from Columbus Press on all major markets. One of my favorite English teachers would say, “The one hundred…
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