I reached out to some poets and writers who are working today to get some suggestions on how to read poetry for enjoyment, not for a book report.
Tag: poetry
Poet Billy Collins looked at me, across the book signing table, and said, “How about: Go fuck yourself?” The former United States poet laureate stared through his round glasses, face stone serious expression. Quite literally, I was asking for it. Billy Collins read Saturday, Nov. 8, at Central Library as a part of Vonnegut Fest … Continue reading Why Billy Collins told me to eff off
When I was an intern at Metonymy Media, I wrote a lot of blogs. Some were about cars or travel, and some were about other things that I had more or less interest in. But one of my favorite blogs was one I wrote about a trip that I took to the Emily Dickinson House in … Continue reading That time I visited Emily Dickinson’s house
I am lecturing at UIndy about my trip to Europe in 2011! Not really. But I am reading my poem "Paris" (the 3rd prize winner of the university's poetry contest). I wrote this poem about one day that my girlfriend and I were walking around the city. We had visited the catacombs, La Tour Eiffel, … Continue reading Paris.
James Figy 