Author Archives: Pearl

As I mentioned I aim to write 1 review for every 10 titles read, whether that is a 16-page title or 1000 page title. I have read 60 titles this year (10 of those are re-reads) and have 12 reviews out, or forthcoming. although, 3 of those I wrote last year and there was a […]

I keep a running list of words that tickle. What are yours? grisly, gristles  huff, hustle and bristle lavish curt, courtesy bebumfuzzledly formica,  formic acid dyspraxia digital commons cajole clade geranium nimble aporia nuzzle muzzy interpolate, interpol triangulate  digression gaussian bickerflirt shrewd signifiers hubbub dubiety ramada, ramadan clod, clawed indefatigable defat mooning over over the […]

In case I haven’t mentioned lately, I compile all the reviews of books and chapbooks people have expressed on what I’ve been lucky enough to have published and read. I know finding poetry can be hard. I’ve stockpiled a couple thousand titles of it yet in the season of spring titles releasing I feel woe-be-gotten […]

Dear god, I renamed one of my current 9 books at editing phase. Continued editing it, then started editing the old version so they diverge. An overlap of poems but changed edits, deletions and additions. I can convert to text files (more versions, goodie) then run through File Merge app to see where changes are. […]

The night before I set myself the prompt of dactylic meter (after reading wiki random post of epic poetry). I combined it with the prompt from Pádraig Ó Tuama at The Poetry Unbound Substack of night, animal, and rain. [In case you read that and thought, that seems not right, it is because it isn’t. It […]