Well y’all. We did it. We made it through 2023. And the year long road to getting myself qualified to become Poet Laureate of my House has reached its end! For a reminder, here’s the rubric I made to guide me through the year: And here’s how I did! I wrote 12 poems on December… Continue reading PLOMH: December Update
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PLOMH: November Update
Hello fellow poetry enthusiasts! Welp. Less than a month until the end of the year and TWO sections on the rubric are not on the board. Time to put the proverbial feet to the proverbial fire. We travel full speed ahead to the land of ‘good enough’! The two sections I speak of are :… Continue reading PLOMH: November Update
PLOMH: October Update
Hello poetry enthusiasts! This month’s check in is gonna be a bit shorter than most other check ins. And that’s because I did almost nothing! I wrote two poems in October. Two. One of them was a poetic form I hadn’t tried before (trilinea) so that’s at least a bit of progress on two fronts!… Continue reading PLOMH: October Update
PLOMH: September Update
Hello fellow poetry enthusiasts! My day job has picked up and poetry has slowed down, but the progress keeps progressing! The hugest of news must be shared before anything else! I have submitted my poetry SEVEN TIMES! That’s right. We are on the board for submitted works! I’ve submitted to lit mags! I’ve submitted to… Continue reading PLOMH: September Update
PLOMH: August Update
Hello fellow poetry enthusiasts! I return to you on the other side of the first vacation I’ve taken in over 5 years! If you can take one I highly recommend it. I met a bunch of my nieces and my nephew for the first time. I had home cooking made by someone other than myself… Continue reading PLOMH: August Update
PLOMH: July 2023 Update
Hello fellow poetry enthusiasts! July has come and gone and I can count on one hand the number of poems I wrote. But that isn’t to say that I didn’t get a lot done in July! And I gotta say, that was a pleasant surprise because my plans were to do a big ol’ nothing… Continue reading PLOMH: July 2023 Update
PLOMH: June 2023 Update
June was a quietly stressful month but we’re on the other side with lots to celebrate! First HUGE update with the annual midyear push, I have past the 52 poem mark for this year! Yes dear poet enthusiasts, we have reached bare minimum! Essentially every June 15th to July 2nd, I’ll take on some sort… Continue reading PLOMH: June 2023 Update
PLOMH: April 2023 Update
Hello hello poetry and/or writing challenge enthusiasts! I am happy to report that I am 27 poems into the 52 poem minimum for the year! This productivity is thanks in no small part to my still focusing on short poetic forms. I’m especially fond of the Lune, a form created by the poet Robert Kelly… Continue reading PLOMH: April 2023 Update
PLOMH: March 2023 Update
It’s the end of March and I did so well! I did so well that I procrastinated for the majority of the month and I’m still only one poem behind! Looking back on my journalings from this month, there’s a lot of excitement for editing. Lotta lukewarm feelings on the current state of works but… Continue reading PLOMH: March 2023 Update
PLOMH: February 2023 Update
Hello poetry enthusiasts and general looky loos! We have reached the end of February and I am over the moon at the progress I’ve made! I started the project a few weeks into the year so I was already behind on the one poem a week criteria but playing catch up was both enjoyable and… Continue reading PLOMH: February 2023 Update
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