28th
Thanks for all the air whales
Two new poems in La Fovea thanks to Whit Griffin and Virginia McLure.
I had a great time reading two Sundays ago thanks to Daniel Coudriet, Asher Lewis, Angelo Colavita, and Debrah Morkun.
Daniel read from his amazing book Say Sand, which I highly recommend picking up.
Debrah, who hosts Jubilant Thicket, just had her second book, The Ida Pingala, come out from BlaxeVOX. It is also a must-read.
The Jubilant Thicket reading was a little different for me because I read completely from memory for the first time. I started memorizing my poems as part of my revision process last Spring. It’s one of the final stages of revision for a lot of my new work.
Memorizing the poems isn’t that hard- in fact, I realized that I had already memorized most of them by working on them so much. Reciting the poems on runs, drives, while cooking, etc really helps smooth rough edges. Like a rock tumbler.
A nice side effect is that when it comes time for a reading, I pretty much have everything memorized.
Also: I saw an air whale this Thanksgiving.
I am thankful for air whales.
