i'm gonna begin with a picture that is a summation of my moods ^^^
So i decided to move my journal thing to blog form. I feel like i've conformed to the masses of people who use these things to dish out their two cents as if people ever actually read them. In any event this is my blog. Yesterday i went to the dodge poetry festival with one of my room mates nick and my new friend alyssa, we saw many of the poets read. My favorite part was seeing Billy Collins talk on craft. I have never really read him but the things he had to say about craft were both insightful and starkly simple. He said things like make the first two lines of your poem very simple, let the reader in. He also gave valuable information about trying to get published. He said you have to stack manuscripts you send editors with the best stuff towards the front. Common sense stuff.
the festival was great. alyssa and i got lost terribly on the way home. maybe next year they should make it closer to TCNJ since most of their patrons were from there.
