April's New Poems Continue to Bloom, Even in June
Perhaps T. S. Eliot was right. April can be one of the cruelest months, especially if you are trying to keep up with the deluge of new poems and poetry books. You see, several years ago, I signed up to...
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Of Poems and Promises, Meatloaf, Memories, and the Pleasures of Failure
No one likes to fail. And yet everyone does, every once in awhile. Falling flat on your face is part of being human, though rarely is it anything but terribly embarrassing and painful. I have enough...
View ArticleA Sackful of Ideas for Last-Minute Gift-Giving the Scribbleskiff Way
Dear Reader: How are things with you? We here at Scribbleskiff have been very busy lately, preparing for and trying to enjoy the holidays. We’ve been trimming trees, decking halls, lighting lights, as...
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‘It Happens Despite Me’: Learning the Lessons of Nearly Meeting Lucille Clifton
All too often, as I’ve come to discover, it takes the death of a writer before I finally take a serious interest in his or her books. Such was the case a few times in the past year or so. After hearing...
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Fathers and Daughters, by the Book
Recently, I overheard my girls singing the words to “Daughters” by John Mayer. This pleased me, but perhaps not for the reason you’d think. Although I like it when my kids sing, I generally don’t like...
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Commonplace and Essential: More Poems for People Who Don’t Like Poetry
This is the next installment in our “Janus Series,” in which we are glancing back at a few of our favorite things from 2011 in order to get you excited about what may lie ahead. As always, there’s no...
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