Citizen Poet

This week I talk about my lack of writing productivity and a few new ideas for poems. Hopefully ya'll were more productive than I was. I share my list of writing/poetry podcasts that I listen to on the regular. Books I'm currently reading. Pass along some poetry writing tips I've heard and think will be useful.  Good luck with your writing in the coming week. Poetry 1. The Poetry Foundation (multiple) 2. Commonplace 3. The Poet And The Poem 4. The Poetry Exchange 5. New Books In Poetry Writing 1. Write Now with Sarah Werner 2. Writer 2.0 with A.C. Fuller 3. Writers On Writing 4. The Writing University Podcast Recommended Poetry + Writers On Writing podcast / Patty Seyburn (June 3, 2019) episode Solstice by Tracy K. Smith Melodrama (album) by Lorde

Today I talk about a new poem I wrote that went very well, a little conundrum about titles, the poetry collection Life On Mars by Tracy K. Smith, and a Russian poem I recommend this week. Thanks for tuning in! Recommended: Chernobyl HBO miniseries Every Day By Maxim Amelin https://lunchticket.org/five-poems/ Featured on: Poetry Lectures podcast by The Poetry Foundation, Episode Vera Pavlova and Valzhyna Mort: International Poets In Conversation

Napowrimo week 3 + review of poetry collection: Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold by Dorothy Chan

That's a wrap on week 2 of Napowrimo (plus Saturday). Recommended: XV by Juilo Serrano Echeverría

Today's prompt is list poems.

This is a late start to Napowrimo 2019 but hey I decided to do it anyway. Every day this month I'll be posting a short podcast on the Napowrimo poetry prompt of the day and talking about my plans for the prompt.

Today I talk about realizing when something can be made into a poem, reading a poetry collection straight through, and National Poetry Month. Books I bought this week: Attack Of The Fifty-Foot Woman by Dorothy Chan Oculus by Sally Wen Mao I Have To Go Back To 1994 And Kill A Girl by Karyna McGlynn Madame Victoria by Catherine Leroux

Today I talk about 2 new poems I wrote, plus 2 I revised this week, how truthful my poetry is, some poetry competitions and of course recommended poetry this week. Recommended: Camaro by Phil Kaye, Button Poetry YouTube Slugs by Brian Swann, The Poetry Foundation Kmart's Closing by Charlotte Matthews

This week I talk about revising rough drafts of poems into finished ones, subscribing to The Poetry Foundation, and I finally wrote some new poems this week. Recs: "Continuous" by Tony Harrison Featured in September 13th 2018 episode of The Poetry Exchange podcast, can also be found on The Poetry Foundation website.

Join me as I talk about my new strategy for recording poem ideas, more excuses for why I haven't written anything this week, and news about a haiku poetry contest. Haiku contest: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/can-you-haiku-springs-on-the-way-and-so-is-my-annual-poetry-contest-enter-now/2019/03/12/edae5bfc-44cc-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.html?utm_term=.19b7c74254d9 Rattle Magazine $10,000 Poetry Contest: https://www.rattle.com/prize/about/

This week I ponder over poetry collections. Recommended this week: 80s All Over Podcast Suzanne Lummis (Poet) Poetry L.A. Youtube Channel / The Poem Noir video series

Today we chat about writing every day, should you, do you? A little info about my writing process, and lack of writing progress this week. Plus a couple recommended poems. Mailboxes In Winter by Jeffrey Harrison The Poetry Foundation website Mariyln Everyday We Wonder by Jennifer L. Knox Faber Poetry Podcast Ep. 2 Sophie Collins & Emily Critchley Email questions / comments to: citizenpoetpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode: missing submission deadlines, out of print books, and some recommended poetry. References: The Poet and the Poem Podcast Episode: Solari Patterson 'The Last Girl' by Rose Solari Brave Little State Podcast Episode: A Brief History of Vermont Road Names Walter Hard poem