Vol.1, No.10 • April, 2008

A Word of Encouragement Dosed with Writerly Reality All poets tread a tightrope spread across twin pitfalls of humility and arrogance. Fall to the side of humility, and poets drown in despair, disbelief, and uncertainty. They doubt their every aesthetic choice. They think they can do no right, so they write safe, boring, and timid poems, as they lack the strength to take great aesthetic risk. Of course, the result is more of the same -- safe poems seize no one's attention by the throat -- and the mewling continues. Fall to the side of arrogance, and poets suddenly lose any self-censor. continued... An adult daughter brings her failing father to the doctor The news is not good He's losing his nervous system to disease He soon will lose his sight and hearing Then his sense of smell and taste And his sense of touch will falter and he'll lapse into a coma Tears run down her cheeks as she weeps for him The man comforts her and says: "Dry your tears and don't weep for me continued... Shirley Allard Publisher Another Man's Treasures Have You Seen Me? Distress Call A Band Called "Rush" Poets I Dig: Charles Bukowski Sometimes You Have To Let Go Sweet Freedom Stephen Crane                 Pulp Diction Robert Hazelton Not Quite Right Bob Church Whisper Gap Jo Janoski From The Attic T. Owen Stark Cheshire Cat Chronicles Rusty Arquette Nothin' Better To Do Billy Jones Leftovers Dan Beams Songs of the Soul Harry Furness           Order your copy and a copy for your friends of Inclinations   Support WordCatalyst   Nominations To Begin For 2008 Poet Laureate of The Blogosphere I'm pleased to announce that BloggingPoet.com will again host the Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere Election for the 4th year in a row with nominations beginning April 1, 2008. The Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere is the only laureateship chosen by readers. Nominate Here