
Po-Po-Poetry Month – Abria Smith
April is the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and poetry, started by the […]
April is the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and poetry, started by the […]
Announcing launch event for my first published children's book, Stacey Became a Frog One Day,
You don’t have to post it just cause you wrote it. Everything you think, you don’t have to […]
I met David Bickham about 18 years ago when he was living in Boston. He promised me that […]
This selection for National Poetry Month features Toi Derricotte and accomplished poet and champion of Black poets. She is co-founder […]
I am way behind on posting another poem. My computer went down and I’ve been pretty busy. Now […]
Each April, I post poems in honor of National Poetry Month.” This year, I decided to go into […]
I had an essay published in the Boston Globe Sunday edition last week. The print title is “Two […]
I had originally hoped to post a poem a day during Poetry Month (April) which has officially ended […]
It is downright unfair to pick a couple of poems from a prolific poet to represent them. In […]
Eloquent and fiery, activist June Jordan remains one of my favorite poets although her output stopped when she […]
A short story of mine has just been published in Write on the Dot: Volume III. It is […]
On Tuesday, Friday and Saturday I stepped outside of my comfort zone with great results. Just thought I’d […]
IAfter agonizing and revising and hesitating and second-guessing you finally do it, you hit the send button and […]
I sure wish I could write like that I often think when I feel down on my writing or […]
My dear friend, Jim, of the poetry blog, A Wrinkled Man – Un Hombre Arrugado (poetry, notebook and occasional […]
Dear Reader, I need your support. Two children’s stories I have written were selected for the launch of a […]
He’s “the poetry man, you make things alright.” sings Phoebe Snow in her song from 1989, One of […]