Howdy. Ready for the longest day of the year? A couple weeks ago I read my horoscope and it said that after Mercury finished being in retrograde, I will receive good news on the 19th—so today’s a big day for me. I’ll keep you posted. I was happy to hear that Kevin Nance, who has contributed photos to Glimpse of Solace, is having a show of his photography this Friday in Lexington, Kentucky. I bet you’ve read articles by Kevin Nance – his byline appears in the pages of … [Read more...]
Dave Bonta “Ode to Scythes”
I met Dave Bonta at the AWP Conference in March. He was working the Motion Poems booth, which was next to my table. We swapped books and talked a little poetry. We became FB friends, and I got to learn more about him through his posts, most of which are about Via Negativa, a site I encourage you to investigate. Dave describes it as a “personal web log with delusions of grandeur,” and also as a “mélange” in which he posts poems, photos, essays and videos, the occasional … [Read more...]