Author Archives: Rich

Yesterday, after Stockton and a workshop in Mays Landing on Blackboard 9, which is not like the Course Management System I have grown accustomed to (which leaves me rather wanting to run off into the woods myself; as I posted … Continue reading →

My sister’s coming today! She’s dragging me to the bead store and parade in town tomorrow! Exclamation marks! Here’s more (yes; there was more) of the “Hot Bagels” poem I found the other night. (More) Hot Bagels On Monday, walking … Continue reading →

I’m feeling myself getting a bit poetry’ed-out. Last night I found this file in my Dropbox titled “HotBagels.pages” and was all, “???” Apparently, on December 4th (just this past 2011), I decided to type out a bit of a rant. … Continue reading →

I’ve wanted to write a poem about raccoons all semester: how they are destroying the ancient Buddhist temples in Japan; menacing German homeowners. I’ve always been fascinated with raccoons for some reason; I had a stuffed raccoon-totem when I was … Continue reading →

Anthony Carelli is coming to campus today! Fasten your bow ties, poetry fans! So; I found the high school poems but have been reluctant to share them. They make me cringe a bit; it’s like looking through old photos of a … Continue reading →

My Stockton students did some freewriting in class on Friday. As I was fretting away a freewrite with them, suddenly this phrase was set down as if by an unseen force, a fragment which has stood out from the rest … Continue reading →

Rich Kathy Graber Poetry Workshop April 8, 2012 Fragmentation/Juxtaposition: Creating Completeness from Collage (A Collage) Tony Hoagland, in his essay “Fragment, Juxtaposition, and Completeness,” reminds us of the tension that is generated between fragments that have been brought into a … Continue reading →

The literary magazine has returned from the printer! I had a poem published –– –– a slightly revised version of the poem about the whale that I wrote the first week of Kathy‘s class this semester. For those not in … Continue reading →

Good Friday to ye! I am off to class today at Stockton; then hoping to check out the new student art gallery afters –– the one built atop a pool there. Today’s poem was written/”published” last year (as an audio … Continue reading →