The Poet's Soul

Meet the Poet Car.  This is my new Kia Soul.  In a recent email exchange with Kelli Agodon she has asked if I got my new car. Upon telling her that I had, and that I got a KIA SOUL, she responded...  "Can I say--I cannot imagine what a better car for a poet than a SOUL!!!---I hope you write about that."  The challenge is there, so I must get busy. 

​We have had a terrible cold spell here and snow. The snow has not exactly been that problematic, but the stretch of over a week with sub freezing  days, several sub zero, have compounded the pandemic doldrums here. 

I have started receiving the first of several pre-ordered books.  The number of new titles by poets I adore is unreal.  Sandra Beasley's Made To Explode has arrived .  Also ordered are Kelli Agodon's Dialogues with Rising Tides, and Jennifer Moore's Easy Does It. ​ Then there will likely be more as a result of AWP 21.

Moving into March brings us to the AWP Conference. The one that was supposed to be in Kansas City (he says bitterly) but instead will be virtual. No AWP HUGS, No AWP SWAG.... trying to remain optimistic but it isn't easy.  There are some  presentations that look really good, but the atmosphere of sitting at home for this is not exactly alluring. I want to be able to interact with friends and meet new ones. 

​If anyone sees me virtually at AWP - be sure and say hi!