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What They Taught Me About Poetry #4
Series Installment #4, Featured: Sally Keith Sally Keith, one of several outstanding poetry instructors in my Queens University of Charlotte MFA program, taught me many things, but I will always remember her for her advice on lineation. “Look what’s happening to your poems as you go down the page,” Sally said, gesturing with her pen… Continue reading What They Taught Me About Poetry #4
Being Grateful for National Poetry Month, April 2024
It’s Wednesday, May 1, 2024, and I’m looking back over the past month, a.k.a. “National Poetry Month” and feeling blessed to have experienced an abundance of good fortune during that month. April is also known as a special time for other good causes. It’s Stress Awareness Month, Earth Month, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month, and… Continue reading Being Grateful for National Poetry Month, April 2024
What They Taught Me About Poetry #3
Series Installment #3, Featured: Rick Carnes Recently, while digging through old files, I came across notes from a lecture I attended twenty years ago at a writers’ conference in Florida. In one session, Rick Carnes, president of the American Songwriters Guild of America, spoke on the topic of rhyme. I looked up Rick online—to refresh… Continue reading What They Taught Me About Poetry #3
What They Taught Me About Poetry #2
Series Installment #2, Featured: Morrie Creech I had not seen Morrie Creech—one of my favorite mentors—since graduating from the Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program, so when I had the chance to attend his workshop at the 2023 North Carolina Writers Network Fall Conference, I took it. I’m glad I did. Morrie is best known… Continue reading What They Taught Me About Poetry #2
Friends Celebrate Richard Allen Taylor’s Newest Poetry Collection
While there is nothing like the feel of your freshly printed first book in your hands, the fourth one feels pretty good, too—especially when your books are only coming at the rate of one every six years. Combine the tactile sensation of “new book in hands” with “first official reading before a live audience” and… Continue reading Friends Celebrate Richard Allen Taylor’s Newest Poetry Collection
What They Taught Me About Poetry #1
Series Installment #1, Featured: Maureen Ryan Griffin Here’s the first in a series of posts in praise of my many poetry teachers and mentors whose teachings and advice on writing have stuck with me over the years. My objectives are to express gratitude for their influence on my work and to pass along to you… Continue reading What They Taught Me About Poetry #1
Goodreads Review by Alarie Tennille
Goodreads: Letters to Karen Carpenter and Other Poems, Review by Alarie Tennille ... If you’re a poetry lover, I’m sure you’ve shared my experience of finding ONE poem in a journal or anthology and liking it so much that you began tracking down the author. That’s how I discovered Richard Allen Taylor. The poem was… Continue reading Goodreads Review by Alarie Tennille
Richard Allen Taylor, Poet 