Commercial Poetry

    This isn't a trick question. "All successful poems" means precisely that:  every noteworthy poem on every topic for every ...

     It was forty years ago:  the morning of September 11th, 1973.  Chilean President Salvador Allende's land reforms and nationaliz...

Earl the Squirrel's Rule #71      In his September 6th, 2013 Chicago Tribune article, " Where competency ends, poetry begins ...

Studies will show that in large families the lower that children are in the birth order the more likely they are to appreciate verse.  Why d...

Earl's sister:  Pearl the Squirrel     Before you read this, please take a moment to jot down the names of your 10 favorite contem...

     In a thread entitled " Great time to be a poet? " one of our favorite humans, Dr. James Wilk, answered at length:      ...

     The current fad is lists of the most influential people in poetry .  My particular spin presumes a successful future for our art form....