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I will take part in the New England College Tenth Anniversary reading at the Poetry Center of Chicago on Thursday March 1st, along with Il y...

The Age of Wonders (by Todd Colby and Joanna Penn Cooper) Well, I guess I'm abject or whatever, waking up at night to study my leg ...

Here are some recent goings-on: Last week, I read in the Earshot reading series, along with my friend J. Hope Stein , whose poems are trul...

I have written a short appreciation of Szymborska for the site poetrycrush . Here is her poem "A Few Words on the  Soul ."  

by Todd Colby and Joanna Penn Cooper I'll sit at my desk eating tangerines until you remember  the true meaning. Meaning: I've ...

My weekend was pretty relaxing.  Maybe a bit too relaxing.  (Note to self: leave the neighborhood next weekend.  Maybe.) Among the non-act...

1.  Somebody found my blog by googling "poetry about elves."  Huzzah! 2.  I have somehow already lined up five readings for th...

Oh, my descendants: life is strange when you are still alive.     --Todd Colby, “Last Poem” Oh, my descendants: I write to you f...

Sunday, January 1, 2012 3:00 pm The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church 10th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan poetryproject.org T...

  My mom and I visited my grandmother in Salisbury, NC.  Above:  College Q; quilt by my great-grandmother Eva (Mamaw); Uncle Joe; Grandm...

[after knocking over a container of rubber bands] Look what I've done!  I'm an infidel!  You can't trust me.  

This one's pretty good.  (I think this was my second birthday?)

Oh, she's Swedish. That's why she looks bizarre. I wish someone would just show a close up of Elizabeth Taylor's eyes. They...

Well, December has me feeling a little like my eyes are pointing in two different directions, but at least Clif let me take a picture of him...

I found some Snoopy lights at the Ace Hardware.  They are a new LED kind, but Liz will be happy to know that the box was still dusty, as it...

Last night I taught my last American Poetry class at Montclair State.  I brought some homemade chocolate chip cookies for my students, and w...

(for T.C.)  You're in my hall of fame room holding a ginger seal pup with a fabulous mullet. You have the mullet, not...

I haven't posted in December yet (until now). This week so far, I: 1.  Saw my mom and stepfather.  They got some special deal to sta...