Following, the closing poem from my chapbook, The Universe Comes Knocking, out earlier this year from Maverick Duck Press (where, HEY!, you can still order it! or you can contact me and buy one ( Read more... )

I spent the past three days (well, two and one half of them, anyhow) at the annual Philadelphia Writers Conference. It happens to be the oldest continuous-running writer's conference in the United States, I believe, and there's a reason it continues on from year to year ( Read more... )

First, a wee progress report: the basement closet is completely clean and extremely tidy, with significantly less stuff in it than it's ever held pretty much since the day I moved in. The main room in the basement is at least 90% finished, with a few items here and there to deal with and a bit more actual cleaning (in the form of scrubbing, ( Read more... )

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Longtime readers have seen this poem here before, but I trust they won't mind seeing it repeated, since it's such a terrific poem.

The poem was first published in his collection Mountain Interval in 1916. This poem comes to mind more often than you might think for me, sometimes it's "But that he knows in singing not to sing", although more often, ( Read more... )

Here's the poem that has just been published in U.S. 1 Worksheets. As I mentioned in my last post, I had a good time at the launch party. As it is not a sonnet, it means you're in for yet another blog post from me today. Good lord.

Stuck Doing Chores on a Summer's Evening
  with apologies to Robert Frost

Whose clothes these are, I think I know ( Read more... )

For one night - and one night only (on April 16, 2012, at 7 p.m. to be precise) - I'll be on a panel with Gregory Frost, Jennifer R. Hubbard, and Jon Gibbs, discussing the ins and outs, highs and lows, and other various extremes of writing for children. The event is taking place at the Cherry Hill Public Library, located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey ( Read more... )

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Tomorrow, my interview with Jenn Hubbard and then a post about tonight's poetry reading. But before too much time elapses, here's my wrap-up about this year's NESCBWI conference in Fitchburg, Mass.

Friday: Angela De Groot (angeladegroot) and I visited my Aunt Martha (patroness of the arts extraordinaire) on our way from Waterville Valley to Fitchburg. She ( Read more... )

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