Author Archives: Caitlin
Writerly Routines
When I first started writing, I will sadly admit that the bulk of my poetry was written in class, usually in Computer Science, History, or Math. I wrote in small font in the margins discretely, then if I liked it … Continue reading
The More Loving One
Sometimes you can love a poem, even though you do not identify with the sentiment. This poem, and the audio recording of it by Auden (which you can find here) is incredible in the way it alines nature and emotion … Continue reading
Favorite Places to Write: Brooklyn
I have lived in several cities over the last couple of years. Since I write primarily outside of my apartment, I tend to really prize having good places to work near my apartment. This is the first in a series … Continue reading
Bad Poems
Here is the thing, all poets write bad poems. Even my favorite poets; William Butler Yeats, W.H. Auden, Les Murray, Byron, (to name a few) wrote and published for posterity’s sake at least one or two poems that are bad, … Continue reading
A Few of my Favorite Lines
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;” – When you … Continue reading
Sticky Little Phrases
Sometimes I have awkward lines, that wedge themselves into my head, in a way that I cannot get them out of my brain. They come up whenever I try to start writing. One of the lines that has been stubbornly … Continue reading
On an Apocalypse
Seven Golden Lampstands is the name of my manuscript of apocalypse poems. I have been working on this manuscript for three years now and it is slowly coming together. Various poems from the collection are already available in Journals, print … Continue reading
Readings
I am not a comfortable reader of my own poems in public. I often try and convince my friends, who often have much better reading voices then I, to read the poems instead. I have never successfully convinced anyone to … Continue reading
Favorite Journals
I read a fair amount of journals and I am constantly reviewing new ones for publication so this list is subject to change. I could probably post a new one every couple months. However the following journals all deserve, at … Continue reading
Rejection Letters
I have rejected a lot of people’s poems, as the primary reader at one press, and a reader and then an editor at Lumina. Sometimes I rejected poems because they were not a good fit, often I rejected them because … Continue reading