*UPDATED LIST AS OF JANUARY 20 – As of today, I will be unable to continue adding new bloggers to this list. While I am thrilled that so many people are resurrecting their long-form blogs, the list has become difficult to manage. I will attempt to add anyone who has asked as of today.
It’s been a while, readers. It’s almost 2018, and I haven’t posted in over a year here. Which I miss. And I’m hoping you’re still there.
If you are, then stick around for what I hope you will consider good news. Many writers like myself found their first poetry communities online. By reading posts like this one and participating in forums (like ReadWritePoem), we built relationships and learned from one another. Since I do not have an MFA and have been primarily an autodidact when it comes to poetry, this was very important for me. And, although I now use social media to connect with a large literary community, many of us have been mourning (for lack of a better word), the opportunity to have access to each other’s extended thoughts on the writing life and poetry in general.
So, sparked by a Twitter conversation with Kelli Russell Agodon, and in honor of that more intimate connection that we so dearly miss, a group of writers have vowed to TRY to post once a week in 2018.
TRY is the operative word. Life happens. Some weeks are harder than others, busier, more complicated. But once a week, we will TRY to share something about poetry or our writing lives with you.
You may wonder what types of posts may constitute a poetry blog. The possibilities are endless but could include:
- craft discussions
- reviews/sharing reading lists
- poem drafts
- process discussions
- Successes and failures
- interviews
- prompts
- market news/suggestions
- news of the “writing world”
- ANYTHING!
Listed below are the writers who are participating. Follow them. Bookmark them. Have a read. And if you like something you read, SHARE IT! That’s part of what communities do–support one another and spark conversations that are on-going & fruitful. And if you get inspired…join us!
Happy reading and writing in 2018!
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Ringleaders of This New Year’s Resolution:
Kelli Russell Agodon- http://ofkells.blogspot.com/
Donna Vorreyer – https://djvorreyer.wordpress.com
Bloggers to Follow in ABC Order
Beth Adams – http://www.cassandrapages.com
Neil Aitken – http://hermitpoet.neil-aitken.com
Lana Ayers – http://lanaayers.com/blog/
Teresa Hichens Ballard – http://teballard.blogspot.com/
Sandra Beasley – http://sbeasley.blogspot.com
Carolee Bennett – https://gooduniversenextdoor.com/
Mary Biddinger – wordcage.blogspot.com/
Andrea Blythe – http://www.andreablythe.com
Dave Bonta – http://vianegativa.us
Jim Brock http://picturesthatgotsmall.blogspot.com
James Brush http://coyotemercury.com
Angela T Carr https://angelatcarr.wordpress.com/
Patricia Caspers http://www.patriciacaspers.com/
Ian Frederick Caton – http://analogverse.blogspot.com/
Grant Clauser http://www.uniambic.com
Kevin Connor – https://ordinaryaveragethoughts.wordpress.com/
Jared Conti – http://www.theoracularbeard.com
Josephine Corcoran – http://www.josephinecorcoran.org
Jill Crammond https://jillypoet.wordpress.com/
Jenelle D’Alessandro – http://www.borderandgreetme.com
Laura E. Davis – http://www.dearouterspace.com/
Kate Debolt – http://www.katedebolt.net/blog/
Heather Derr-Smith – ferhext.com/
Risa Denenberg – https://risadenenberg.weebly.com/blog
Amy Dryansky https://amydryansky.com
Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow http://cschwartzbergedlow.blogspot.com
Andrew Eickstead http://www.unleashingthewordhoard.com
Renee Emerson – http://www.reneeemerson.wordpress.com
Lou Faber – https://anoldwriter.com
John Foggin – http//:johnfoggin.wordpress.com/
Jeannine Hall Gailey – webbish6.com
Gail Goepfert – gailgoepfert.com
Erica Goss http://ericagoss.com
Uma Gowrishankar – https://umagowrishankar.wordpress.com/
Gregg – http://www.commaand.co
Sarah Kain Gutowski – mimsyandoutgrabe.blogspot.com
Charlotte Hamrick – zouxzoux.wordpress.com
Kim Whysall -Hammond – https://thecheesesellerswife.wordpress.com/
Erin Hollowell – http://www.beingpoetry.net
Trish Hopkinson https://trishhopkinson.com/
Jennifer Hudgens https://jenniferelhudgens.wordpress.com
Catherine Hume: https://catherinehume.wordpress.com/
Crystal Ignatowski – http://somehiatus.tumblr.com/
MJ Iuppa – http://mjiuppa.blogspot.com/
Charles Jensen – https://charles-jensen.com/kinemapoetics-blog/
JJS https://thisembodiedcondition.wordpress.com
Jill McCabe Johnson http://jillmccabejohnson.com/blog-chanson-daventure.html
Dick Jones https://sisyphusascending.wordpress.com
Laura M. Kaminski – arkofidentity.wordpress.com
Collin Kelley http://www.collinkelley.blogspot.com
Melanie Kerr http://meljkerr.blogspot.co.uk/
Kathleen Kirk https://kathleenkirkpoetry.blogspot.com/
Anita Olivia Koester – https://www.forkandpage.com/
Hyejung Kook –http://hyejungkook.tumblr.com/
Courtney LeBlanc – wordperv.com
Diane Lockward –http://dianelockward.blogspot.com
Lorena P Matejowsky https://nothingbutblueskies.wordpress.com/
Marilyn McCabe OWrite.MarilynonaRoll.wordpress.com
Ann Michael – www.annemichael.wordpress.com
Amy Miller – http://writers-island.blogspot.com/
Lakshmi Mitra – thiswinterheart.tumblr.com
andneverarriving.wordpress.com
James Moore – jameswmoore.wordpress.com
LouAnn Sheperd Muhm – https://louannmuhm.com/
January Gill O’Neill – http://poetmom.blogspot.com .
Shawnte Orion http://batteredhive.blogspot.com/
Frank Prem – https://frankprem.wordpress.com/
Ren Powell https://renpowell.com/category/poetry/
Pym – http://www.local-nomad.net/blog-2/
Bethany Reid http://www.bethanyareid.com/
Neil Reid – https://poemslanding.wordpress.com/
Susan Rich – http://thealchemistskitchen.blogspot.com
Stephen B. Rogers – http://ruesansregret.blogspot.com/
Kerfe Roig – https://methodtwomadness.wordpress.com/
Lee Ann Roripaugh https://runningbrush.wordpress.com/
Sarah Russell – https://sarahrussellpoetry.net
Sandra Sarr – macsarr2000.wordpress.com
Jennifer Saunders http://www.magpiedays.com
Surazeus Seamount – http://surazeus.blogspot.com
Carl Setzer – https://questionsall.net
Martha Silano: http://bluepositive.blogspot.com/
Kim Bailey Spradlin – www.kimbaileydeal.net
Bonnie Staiger –https://bonniestaiger.com/
Jayne Stanton https://jaynestantonpoetry.wordpress.com/
Rosemary Starace https://thresholdview.wordpress.com/
Bekah Steimel – https://bekahsteimel.com/blog/
Hannah Stephenson – http://thestorialist.com
Gerry Stewart – https://thistlewren.blogspot.fi/
Stephanie Lane Sutton athenasleepsin.wordpress.com
Christine Swint – https://balancedonedge.blog/
Carey Taylor –https://careyleetaylor.com.
Pam Thompson – https://pamthompsonpoetry.com/
Giles Turnbull – http://gilesturnbullpoet.com
Dylan Tweney – http://dylan20.tumblr.com/
Eric M.R. Webb – https://ericmrwebb.com
Michael Allyn Wells: http://stickpoetsuperhero.blogspot.com/
Lesley Wheeler Lesleywheeler.org
Allyson Whipple http://allysonmwhipple.com
Sean Wright https://sbwrightpoet.blogspot.com.au/
Bloggers who did not leave their names:
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Hope you will renew this effort for 2019! Thanks.
Hey, Bonnie. Others have carried the torch for me, as I have been remiss after April. Family emergencies and losses have prevented me from having both the time and the desire to blog, but I’m glad that so many others have renewed their writing. I probably will not spearhead a collection of 2019 bloggers, but would be happy to turn over the reins!
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