In this post, I’ll discuss why I choose to obsess over writing poetry. How I was first exposed to it and why my passion for reading and writing has led me to where I’m at today with my writing routine. I also provide multiple lists of recommended reading, book reviews, and other blog posts I’ve written about poetry.
Tag: book review
October Update: The Shining, Halloween, and My Novel
October has flown by and with less than two weeks left there isn’t much left to do but wait for November. The famous line from the movie, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” was nowhere in the book. A creative add-on by Kubrick. The Shining Yesterday, I finished reading Stephen King’s…
Review of HAUNTED NIGHTS (A Horror Writers Association Anthology)
On Halloween, I finished Haunted Nights an anthology of short horror stories put together by the Horror Writers Association. It is full of all kinds of spooky stories that revolve around Halloween. There are sixteen short stories total, all of which range from an Irish Halloween with the good folk to grisly psychological thrillers of man and monsters….
Review: “E.E. Cummings: A Selection of Poems”
I recently finished reading this book of poems, a selection of poems by E.E. Cummings, this collection featured fantastic poems that display Cummings love for the written word, skills in typography and his particular use of punctuation and enjambment. Originally published in 1923 this selection contains poems that might be considered risky even in the…
Book Review: Making a Poem by Miller Williams
I recently finished reading, Making a Poem: Some Thoughts About Poetry and the People Who Write It by Miller Williams who was a former inaugural poet for the Clinton administration. This was an interesting read in that Williams looked at writing poetry from angles I had not previously considered such as The Writer…