Archive for February, 2006

Flogging the Dead Horse (poor horse!)

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

You know, self-promotion has never been my strong suit.1 But I try, I try … which is better than being trying, I suppose. However, I will be featured poet of the month at the Old Town Poetry Series in March. The flier reads a little like this:

On Wednesday, March 15th, the Old Town […]

NaWUPoBo, #28

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

There, my friends! National Whomp Up Poetry Book month is over! The goal was to write a poem a day for all of February, in any style, based on a theme of your choice. I chose my experiences as a nurse aide. There has been a lot to pick from. […]

NaWUPoBo, #27

Monday, February 27th, 2006

One day left! Tomorrow will be the big day … how exciting. This has been an exciting way to explore a theme. Nurse Aide Sonnets. Not all of them well-thoughtout or to the point, but a theme regardless. Cheers, everyone who helped.

Someone dies and for six months you don’t write.
Just […]

NaWUPoBo, #26

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Only two days left in NaWuPoBo! I hope all is well with you. Will you share your 28 poems with me when you are done?
I just gave a poetry reading helping to promote 4 Against the Wall, which1 did not go off as well as I hoped for. I guess you can’t […]

NaWUPoBo, #25

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

On Friday I quibbled with a dear co-worker. It is easy to write these words up into poetry but much, more harder tomorrow to go in and apologize for my hot temper. Being mind-bogglingly exhausted combined with unending tension of residents attempting to walk to the bathroom unaided with a broken hip or […]