Margaret Coombs

Have not been revising or submitting this month.  Just scratching out 30 poems in 30 days.  Will try to resist the temptation of posting any of them here.  Nothing works without multiple revisions.  It’s all so awkward. In explanation of the post title, I think I’m an outsider poet.  No B.F.A. or M.F.A. or D.F.A. …

I could be discouraged by my bad poetry.  Perhaps simply producing a poem isn’t enough.   My friends’ poems are packed with arresting images and fresh language. But it doesn’t matter.  Just to write a poem is reward enough.  And yet…inspiration eludes me.  So here is my prayer. O Wonderful and Mysterious Muse:  please favor…

This week I’m studying ghazals.  I wrote one yesterday, one today.  Today’s was full of longing and sentence fragments.  At least one of these qualities is typical of a ghazal.  The one yesterday was about climate change.  They are fun to try. Here is a list of resources.  So far small, but useful. ReferenceGhazal Poetic…

Really thrilled to see my poem, “Song of the Mountaintop, Removed,” in New Verse News today. Can’t help but think it’s an appropriate poem for Good Friday.  It’s illustrated by ilovemountains.org–an excellent resource.

Yes, I am going to write 30 poems in 30 days!  These I’ll share with friends in a closed group. They’re drafts.  Anything that still looks promising after the end of the month I’ll revise and share.