Arrr–Walk the plank

I’ve been raided by a pirate ship. Big nasty pirates with yellow buck-teeth and a bead of spittle at the elbow of the lips (what else would it be called?). I fared okay, I only lost a few limbs. I named them as the fell, fighting the entire way I might add, into the abyss. [...]

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

I have this fascination with poetry handbooks.  I think it started after receiving my rejection letter to the MFA program at Colorado State. Looking back, the portfolio I submitted was atrocious, but I was still heartbroken. I’ve loved writing since the third grade when I wrote a story and totally ripped off the ending of [...]