2008

I made it!

Thanks to everyone who came along for the ride. I’d also like to thank Tim Lockridge for...

30 April 2008.

[Last one! Last one I’ll post here, anyway …] Master, I Will Never Abandon You I worship...

29 April 2008.

[One more poem to go.] I Hold the Interlude in My Hand and I am No Longer Burned  for Will He has a...

28 April 2008.

[I don’t think I will ever lose my fascination with mountains.] When Not Provided With...

27 April 2008.

[I don’t know about you, but I think that hearing an interpretation of words you’ve...

26 April 2008.

[Writing poems at a sustained pace like NaPoWriMo demands is so liberating. But can I carry this...

25 April 2008.

[This is for fellow first-year MFA Kate Kimball, who I promised during a seminar that I would write...

24 April 2008.

[Yesterday was the last class meeting of my poetry workshop. The course’s instructor of record...

23 April 2008.

[Three weeks go by quickly.] On the Realization That the Opaque Shade in Our Bedroom is a...

22 April 2008.

[I can’t believe I’ve made it this far in NaPoWriMo.] One of Many, One of One This works...

21 April 2008.

[This poem was drafted on paper. For me, this is simply unheard of.] Diagnosis Via Web Quiz Does Not...

20 April 2008.

[This poem was instigated by a poll on a private Web site of which I am a member.] In Which I Talk...

19 April 2008.

 [I started to purge my office of paper-based detritus. One of the file cabinets had paperwork from...

18 April 2008.

[The graduating MFA poets read tonight. Bob gives epic introductions, in case you didn’t...

17 April 2008.

Distance Better that I’m far away than engaged, to be honest. Space is at a premium, and...

16 April 2008.

[Composed on the Drillfield starting at 9:05 p.m. EDT.] Unilluminated A thousand points of light,...

The two journos from the previous gchat post. I broke the...

5: 29 PM okay, so
I'm chillaxing in Squires at these tables
5: 30 PM these journos are two over
there's empty tables between us like what
three undergrads in "we are virginia tech" t-shirts come in and sit down and chat
they don't notice the journos crankin' it
things are chill
and then the guy's cell goes off
5: 31 PM the three girls turn to look
and they go DEAD SILENT
epic

15 April 2008.

[Forms were filed. Class was attended. Media inquiry was fielded. And so on.] A Non-comprehensive...

14 April 2008.

[I’m super frustrated and moody. You know what that means …] You, Where Are I wonder, I...

13 April 2008.

I Continue to Refuse the Role I am Given  I am tasked with telling a story,hiding a story, breathing...

12 April 2008.

[You haven’t lived until you’ve eaten fried chicken while standing in the kitchen of one...

11 April 2008.

[One year ago today, I was officially offered admission to Virginia Tech’s creative writing...

10 April 2008.

[This afternoon, I watched Mark Doty present on his creative process when writing a poem. I can dig...

9 April 2008.

[The media appeared on campus today. I saw a really confusing play in the Performing Arts Building....

8 April 2008.

[First try at a performance piece. I’d say that fellow first-year MFA Robert Walker is an...

7 April 2008.

[Yesterday’s poem is screaming to go through my poetry workshop, so it shall go. And...

6 April 2008.

[I have to write two (2) other poems for workshop on top of this, so let’s see if this one...

5 April 2008.

[This poem was composed entirely on a mobile phone. I enjoy bleeding edge writing...

4 April 2008.

[Today I took my composition students out into the wilds of the academic campus and had them observe...

3 April 2008.

[A brief announcement: I’ll be reading from some of my Tech body of work as part of an MFA...

2 April 2008.

[A third or fourth attempt in a series of poems I call either My Kindred or Plus One. These drive me...

1 April 2008

[Let’s write against a picture, shall we?] Three in Space Designed for Two  I walk without...

Here we go again.

All blame for this can be laid at the feet of fellow Hoosier & Virginia Tech MFA Tim Lockridge....