[New-Poetry] Re: Poetry Blogs

[Jeff Newberry]

Edit:  "I met Nicholas Samaras this way."

--Jeff

On 6/11/07, Jeff Newberry <jeff.newberry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I, too, am (or was) a religious journal-keeper.  The blog has taken the
> place of my journal because in my  journal, I wrote the kinds of things I
> write about in my blog:  poetry, personal observations, random quotations,
> religious questions. theodicy, philosophy, & the like.
>
> I have been trying to get myself back on a regular schedule (including
> getting back to my journal).  Since my son was born, everything (& I do mean
> everything) has gone out the window:  no more leisurely mornings writing
> in my office, no more long afternoon at the library or coffee shop reading a
> novel or book of poems, no more regularly-scheduled writing.
>
> So, I'm probably a bad case study, given my three-month-old.
>
> Still, I like having a blog because my blog connects me with other
> writers.  I don't always agree with what they have to say, but I do enjoy
> hearing others' words, even if I never comment.  I've even met & cultivated
> a couple of friendships via blogs:  Gary McDowell (of the Midamerican
> Review) & Steven Schroeder (of Sturgeon's Law) are just a couple of people
> I've met via my blog & theirs.  Occasionally, I've written a small review of
> a poet that I like & that poet has contacted me.  I met Nicholas Samaras
> because this way.
>
> Aside from meeting folks, I enjoy the fact that however small, I have an
> audience for my ideas.
>
> Anywho, just my random thoughts.  I'm off to prep for class.
>
> Best,
>
> Jeff Newberry
>
> On 6/11/07, David Graham <grahamd at ripon.edu> wrote:
>
> > No blog for me, alas or hooray as the case may be.  It's not that I am
> > not filled with lofty and important thoughts about poesie, and surely it
> > would be a kindness for me to share more with the world, but the fact is, I
> > am selfish.
> > I've been keeping an analog writing journal for over 30 years now, and
> > am pretty religious about putting words into it daily.  Like many writers I
> > am rather ritualistic about my habits:  has to be a 9x6 lined spiral
> > notebook, black ink pen.  I am also addicted to the notion--very much an
> > anti-blog ethos, I realize--that the essential nature of my journal is its
> > privacy.  Knowing that no one need ever see a word I write there is one
> > thing that keeps me honest, gives me permission to jot down *anything*, no
> > matter how disreputable, pointless, or embarrassing.  Without the privacy
> > option, I'm afraid I would do more self-censoring and less wild
> > experimentation.
> > One thing that's kept me from blogging is that I'm afraid to fix
> > something that ain't broke, at least in terms of my own personal workshop.
> > It's hard to see how blogging wouldn't cut down on my journal keeping.  Or
> > worse, encourage more self-censorship.
> >
> > And when I've got some poetical rumination in my journal that I think
> > the world needs to know about, well, I can always type it up & post here. .
> > . .  If I had more hours in the day, I'd probably be tempted to blog in
> > addition to journal keeping, but only if it didn't hurt the analog journal.
> >
> > I'm curious to know from the bloggers among us:  has blogging changed
> > your writing habits notably?
> >
> >
> >
> > ========================================
> > David Graham
> > grahamd at ripon.edu
> >
> > Home Page:
> > http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/About%20Me.html
> >
> > Poetry Library:
> > http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html
> > ==========================================
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 8, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Bob Grumman wrote:
> >
> >  A while back, I announced that I was going to write about poetry blogs
> > in my Small Press review column.  Since then, I've done a number of them,
> > covering some New-Poetry members' blogs--Mike Snider's and Chris Lott's, for
> > instance.  I'm working on another installment in which I'll be mentioning
> > David Graham's list of blogs, and his Poetry Library.  I want to mention the
> > blog I thought you had, too, David--although it looks like you are one of
> > the few of us without one.  If you have one, please let me know its URL.
> >
> > Anyone else who wants to make me aware of a blog, do so.  I can't be
> > exhaustive, but I'm trying to cover as many as I can--across the whole range
> > of what's going on in American poetry.  The column I'm doing today will be
> > about James F.'s, Halvard's, Anny's, Jeff's, Tom Beckett's--and David's, if
> > he has one.  Won't, alas, be able to say much about any of them--but
> > something.
> >
> > Thanks, Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
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