Post 20150708

I don’t think I’ve ever just written a plain old post on this blog.

Well, there’s a first time for everything. First off, today’s poem was somehow inspired by reading the poem here and by following the link to her “inspiration.” I don’t know how inspiration works. If i ever figure it out, I’m going to stop writing and start teaching overpriced workshops.

Secondly, I have had three of my poems accepted for publication in the upcoming issue of Pomona Valley Review (PVR). The current issue is PVR8. PVR9 should be available at the end of July. One of those poems is on this site. I’m going to remove it for a while and replace it with a link to the magazine. The other two were written either before I started publishing a poem a day here or somehow didn’t make it on.

I want to thank my wife Lisa for always giving me time to write, and my friend Erica who continues to encourage me to submit my work when I usually don’t see the point.