I think it’s a rule that every blog ever created somewhere has an entry excusing the blogger for being rather quiet because they’ve just been so busy. But really, I’ve been busy. I’ve been making our new house cozier with throws and curtains and such, and have been wading through Hamlet with my eleventh-graders. Plus Halloween is coming up, so I’m on the hunt for fairy wings and volunteering at the storybook parade at my girls’ school.
Right now I have three poems submitted to two different contests. I promise to post any results. The most recent issue of Poets & Writers has a feature on promising new poets, and all of them mention running the contest gauntlet. Someday, I hope, I’ll be entering an entire manuscript, but for now, these three poems are my little ambassadors.
I’m hoping that as I teach a high volume of poetry this year that I’ll be increasingly productive and inspired myself. This past week, I started another poem, so the trend seems to be continuing thus far. Before the winter break, I’ll have taught Robert Frost, Shakespearean sonnets, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes. I’ve always been an Americanist (sorry, Shakes) so it’s definitely promising.
Good luck with your ‘ambassadors’. Teaching is a big step in becoming a Master. I am sure it’s rubbing of, being surrounded by the works of those great poets.
Be well, S.
I hope so! Thanks for the luck– contests are always nerve-wracking.