Author Amok

One of my favorite Android apps is TuneIn Radio. It's a free app that gives me access to radio shows and podcasts from around the worl...

Economy of language. It’s a phrase thrown about in praise of poems. What exactly does it mean? Does it mean the poem doesn’t sound like ev...

Happy Poetry Friday! I have big news to share. I am editing a new anthology of poetry for the Maryland Writers Association . The theme ...

Welcome back to our protracted tour of the 50 states' poets laureates. I wish I had better news from the west coast... Washington Stat...

The Prairie State has had a poet laureate since 1936. Past P.Ls include Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks. Illinois' current poet lau...

It's Tax Day. If you pay taxes, and I know you do, demand your poetic rights! If you live in a Wall of Shame state, wouldn't tod...

What is the 14th state? Vermont, Naturally. Or, you may prefer the slogan, "What happens here, stays here (but nothing really happens h...

Virginia is for lovers...poetry lovers. The tenth state, which signed on 6/25/1788, has a Pulitzer Prize winning poet laureate to brag abo...