Author Archives: Pearl

Here’s a DIY starter pack to print on magnetic sheets. It’s in Helvetica Neue, size 13, (when you want to add words to match). Edit: Version 3. There are (3) 81/2 x 11 sheets. I rearranged some for best fit on page and voted some words off for better ones. 588 words/names symbols/affixes/suffixes in .doc […]

I’m editing, editing. What could I do for break? I know…word games. There’s re-w-or-d-a-ble. (Not a sponsorship endorsement but word geek fun.) What else? What do I like? Let’s see, poetry, remixing, chance operations, corpus studies, Good Omens and making stuff. I have 5 sets of magnetic poetry. What if I made a Good Omens […]

I do relish being able to read again.  After the biggest concussion (aka the Year I Was Dead)  and losing access to language and not being able to parse conversation, let alone poetry for months. After learning I have macular degeneration and that vision is even more ephemeral than life itself. After what I suspect […]

Why write a review? That’s a poky trident. You can do it for yourself, for the community, or for the authors you are reviewing. It is helpful to the reader/reviewer to read more deeply with intention to understand, to see patterns and reasons behind the writer’s choices. It makes you a more active participant, a […]

It is too hot for words. Photos I can do. Have been doing. Is it just me or is prose easier than poetry in higher temperatures? 5 days into August and I have two ghazals and 5 haiku written. Mostly I’ve been reading. Chapbooks, single author collections, what have you. I’m doing the Sealey Challenge. […]