I’ll be spending a very windy Hogamany here in Scotland; the gales have been howling the last few nights. It’s been bitingly cold, too, and damp — but at least it’s not been raining as much in the rest of Britain (eep! a lot of flooding). Unlike Edinburgh, there’s not a lot of Hogmanay fireworks…
Category: poetry
Devil’s Night
Things were quieter in upstate NY than down in the city. We braced for more, but it never came — phew. Peg and I had good food, the dogs and movies. I’ve been so crazy busy lately it was good to have an excuse to shut everything down, put up my feet and take it…
The Fairy Child
The Fairy Child by Lord Dunsany From the low white walls and the church’s steeple,From our little fields under grass or grain,I’m gone away to the fairy people.I shall not come to the town again.You may see a girl with my face and tresses,You may see one come to my mother’s doorWho may speak my…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Complete Nonsense
Tomorrow is the 200th anniversary of Edward Lear’s birth. There’s a terrific blog that keeps track of all the events and and another that prints pages from Lear’s diary. In a wonderful piece in the Independent David Quantick wrote winningly about Lear and the appeal of nonsense. I have to say, I was convinced before…
Reviews: Guerilla Blues & Beowulf
Guerrilla BluesAlessandra Bava People tend to think writers give their friends good reviews because they’re pals; the truth is you become friends with people who write stories or poems that inspire you to be better, to do more, to aim for dizzying heights. My jester — the poet of Rome — Alessandra’s new collection offers…
Writer Wednesday: Alessandra Bava
A couple bits of news before we get to La Bava: the fabulous Dana Fredsti will be stopping by the Girl’s Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse on the 19th of this month with prizes (as if she wasn’t a gift herself). Also I managed to miss the release of Dogcast #5 which features my piece…
Interview & Friday’s Forgotten Book
Hey, that’s me over at Book Reel talking about book trailers, my prodigious output and where I get my ideas (not Schenectady!). I had a terrific time answering the questions, so stop by and leave a comment if you’re of a mind to and feel free to share the link where you can. Help me…
AudioBoo: Moths
One touch easy recording, that’s what an Audio Boo claims to be. So I had to try it out on my new shiny toy. This is a poem that’s supposed to be appearing in a magazine at some point but that was about a year ago that they said so, thus I wonder if it…
Know-vember: Alessandra
The lovely poet of Rome, monarch of Pandemonium, translator extraordinaire and jester full of sprezzatura — yes, it’s La Bava! How she brightens my days simply by being her extraordinary self. She was my hostess in Rome who took me to all the dazzling sights and fed me the very finest food, most of it…
Publications: Mandrake & Magpies/Songs of Defiance
Just back from a visit with Elena, Rod and Lydia in Dublin where we also managed to run into Bono, Michale Bublé — and more importantly @sirthopas and Pádraig. Pictures soon! I’ve also got some good news to share on the publication front. First, my short story “Mandrake and Magpies” — the first story to…