Portland Poetry Scene Report: 2

This is my report on the Portland Poetry Slam Grand Slam on April 25th. (If you want to skip to the results...scroll down) First off, the finals slam marked the one year anniversary of my very first...

National Poetry Writing Month

So to those of you who have been on or around my Facebook page lately I thought I'd take the time to explain. April is national poetry month and in the spirit there is an annual attempt by poets arou...

The Morality Of 1st Person

I don't know if I'm the only person who has this problem, but it's hard for me to tell lies in first person.  I've written a lot of poems in first person, third person, and poems that really don't hav...