Five Things that Don't Suck, Visiting Artists Edition

1. poets
2. visual artists
3. mystery desserts
4. a clean house
5. really good conversation

Bonus Poem: Calypso

Well, hello again. The kind folk at Young Ravens Literary Review have seen fit to include my poem "Calypso" in their newest issue. Take a look. Read some other stuff, too, while you're there. It's April--National Poetry Month has less than a week to run!

Five Things that Don't Suck, Super Heroes Edition

1. capes
2. abs
3. disguises that might actually disguise someone*
4. justice
5. super strength and/or money

*if that's their jam. If they just want to be all openly super, I'm cool with that

Five Things that Don't Suck, Random Edition

1. lunch with Julie*
2. getting a haircut
3. clean clothes
4. preparing for cookie day
5. being almost kinda sorta on top of things

*Hi, Julie!

Five Things that Don't Suck, Random Wednesday Edition

1. being less than two weeks away from having bees again*
2. surprises
3. baby otters
4. adult otters
5. flexible thinking

*originally scheduled to arrive this weekend, but I'll survive an extra week. Sniff, sniff.

Five Things that Don't Suck, Damp Tuesday Edition

1. bonus daffodils in the compost pile*
2. bagels with cream cheese
3. getting back into a routine
4. having ideas for art
5. having ideas for poems

*thanks, random squirrel!

Five Things that Don't Suck, Last Two Weeks of Classes Edition

1. when the first meeting of the day cancels and the morning is suddenly free until 9:30
2. the last day of student presentations*
3. being all caught up with grading by the end of the day
4. heavy rain
5. having only one more Monday alarm-based wake-up left after this one**

*although I do love them
**for a while

Bonus: Three Poems that Don't Suck, Plus a Mini-Interview

I've had some people asking why I don't put links to my poems up here, or asking if I would, or asking if I do. So fine, throngs of fans. Here you go. Three poems, and an opportunity to find out how I feel about eels, right here at Prime Number . Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday, and thanks for reading.

Five Things that Don't Suck, Total Day Off Edition

1. having a completely free* day for the first time in weeks
2. reading
3. writing
4. doing a little bit of sketching, maybe
5. not thinking about that asterisk in #1

*well, there's an hour or two of grading I should do...but that's almost like having none