Earlier today a friend, and fellow poet, Thom Ingram posted a tweet on Twitter that said:
“You Can” for @WillBrown at http://poetguru.com“
Rightfully intrigued, I followed the link and found a poem entitled “You Can” for Will Brown.
It was a short poem that I interpret to mean that you should always be ready to receive inspiration. Not only that, but to somehow capture the thought, the seed, and save it for …
Saudi Arabian poet Hissa Hilal recently took part in a poetry competition for an Abu Dhabi TV show called “Million’s Poet“. The name comes from the fact that the top poet receives a one million dollar prize. I could go into a five paragraph post on that alone, and perhaps I will eventually, but the most remarkable part of this story is that she performed at all.
Hissa received death threats as the …
Congratulations to Simon from Slam Idol! Yesterday, April 1st, he celebrated 5 years of producing The Slam Idol Podcast. The longest running and most consistent poetry podcast ever.
As you can tell by searching this site, I’ve been a big fan all this time.
Many poetry related podcasts came on the scene after his 2005 debut with big dreams and aspirations–I was one of them. I have seen many come and go. …