Archive - The Earthly and the Unearthly: Poetry’s Imperative to Know of Georgia Writers

Swimming in Words

Going the Extra Mile

Sep 22, 2023 •

July 2023

Of Summer & Incantations

This morning I woke from a dream in which I read aloud a long poem to my best friend and her husband. We had been in just such a configuration seven…

Jul 24, 2023 •

June 2023

To Ambiguous Endings

During one workshop in grad school, my professor, the poet Jane Miller, spoke about the difference between ambiguity and ambivalence. She taught me so…

Jun 16, 2023 •

April 2023

Poetry and Graphic Innovations

In late December of 2022, Matthew Walther published an opinion column that “Poetry Died 100 Years Ago This Month” in the New York Times. Poor Walther…

Apr 21, 2023 •

February 2023

Poetry & Closing Gestures

One of my favorite Michael Walls poems has a new title. Once called “Scars,” it’s been retitled “Naked” in his second volume of poems, Climbing an…

Feb 17, 2023 •

January 2023

Minding the Gap

Contrapuntal Poems and Silence

Jan 20, 2023 •

December 2022

Facing It: The Contrapuntal as Resistance

Writing Contrapuntal Poems II

Dec 16, 2022 •

November 2022

Writing Contrapuntal Poems I

Shadows, Voices & Dissent

Nov 18, 2022 •

October 2022

How To Write a Love Poem

Pt. 3: Love & Line Breaks

Oct 21, 2022 •

September 2022

How To Write a Love Poem

Sep 16, 2022 •

July 2022

How to Write a Love Poem

Jul 22, 2022 •

June 2022

Revising Poems for Syncopation

Jun 24, 2022 •

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