The creative talent and diversity possessed by New York City’s spoken word poet’s never ceases to amaze me. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I see someone perform and think that if they simply had more exposure they would have a huge following. The problem is that 9 out of 10 spoken [...] [...more]
The world that we live in is in desperate need of light that poets provide. Poetry is a light that when used properly, will expose truths about our world that we would not otherwise be able to see. This is possible because poets, in their basic essence, are beacons of light. The light that they [...] [...more]
Almost everyone these days knows what a blog is. You can’t surf the Internet for too long before you run into a blog regardless of what the topic is. Blogging is a two sided relationship, one that exists between the owner of the blog and the readers of the blog. As a writer, your goal [...] [...more]
Would you like to earn a full-time living as a poet? Over the past year, I have seen quite a few poets who would like nothing more than to earn enough money from their poetry to not have to have another source of income. It is with that thought in mind that I have created [...] [...more]
Just recently I attended a poetry event and met a “professional poet” who was very confident in himself and his marketing strategy. After a long conversation about his accomplishments and how he promotes himself, I inquired as to how he promotes himself via Internet. With a charismatic smile, he confidently responds with “Facebook.” Without a [...] [...more]
I used to wonder why it was that some of the most talented poets have the least amount of name recognition. At that time, I thought that all they would have to do is find a way to perform at a few of the open mic’s in New York and they would surely start to [...] [...more]
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