Five Things that Don't Suck, Creature Feature Edition

1. the day the box of chapbooks arrives
2. signing them
3. putting them in envelopes
4. sending them out into the world
5. that cover, man

Five Things that Don't Suck, Friday Edition

1. long talks with good friends
2. planning road trips
3. causing trouble
4. working on projects I love
5. GPS

New Chapbook: Creature Feature

Oh, loyal half-dozen readers, I keep forgetting to tell you that my newest chapbook is out. It's the first in a new series of chaps from the good people at ELJ publications. You can get it straight from me (signed) for the same price/shipping that they're offering. Or you can buy it directly from them. Here's a link to the "about" page, where you can read a little bit about it.

It's all about those early black and white monster movies, but there's nothing scary about it. And isn't the cover fabulous?

I think it is. But then, I woke up with hair pretty similar to that this morning, so maybe I'm biased.

Five Things that Don't Suck, Poet Edition

1. when the dining room table is covered with poems
2. ordering a manuscript
3. revisions
4. making hundreds of little choices
5. possibly doing it all again later

Five Things that Don't Suck, Nautical Terms Edition

1. luff and touch her
2. asylum harbor
3. baggywrinkle
4. devil seam
5. futtocks

Five Things that Don't Suck, Summer Day on Campus Edition

1. how quiet campus is after the students go home
2. hanging out in my office
3. kicking ass
4. taking names
5. not going back until Sunday

Five Things that Don't Suck, Random Monday Edition

1. trail mix
2. books about insects
3. jasmine
4. wallabies
5. sunroofs

Five Things that Don't Suck, Slow Sunday Morning Edition

1. friends who move Friday Night Dinner to Saturday night so we can see them
2. coming home to rhododendrons in full bloom
3. mornings cool enough that Gracie wants to lie in the sunny spot for a while
4. thinking about poetry again
5. some time to read