Poet a Day Blog

World Class Poetry Blog is maintained and written by Allan Taylor, a Pennsylvania poet who has been writing poetry for over twenty years. His approach to poetry - and to poetry blogs - is practical and plain spoken. Unlike many other poet’s blogs, Taylor’s World Class Poetry Blog doesn’t feature his poetry often - he does often feature the poetry of others, and musings about the world of poetry as well as tidbits of news about poetry and practical advice about how to get published, where to get published and why and how you should revise your poetry.In an entry about poetry contests, Taylor quotes poet and Writer’s Digest poetry columnist Robert Lee Brewer on poetry -and adds that it fits his own feelings about poetry. He says,

All the while, I’ve thought poets and those who love poetry should embrace the whole durned thing–from the teenage boy writing a poem for his unrequited love to the post-grad scholar constructing an anagrammatic series of sestinas that incorporate mythological interpretations of the meaning of pop culture references in the 1980s (hey, whatever floats yer boat).

Taylor’s feelings about poetry show in his blog. He’s as likely to post a critique on the Petrarchan sonnet form as videos of slam poetry off youtube. Throw in a hefty helping of newsworthy stories about awards being handed out, markets that publish poetry and whatever happens to strike his mind that has to do with poetry. He’s easy to read without being dumbed down - accessible writing about poetry that’s actually worth reading. What a concept.

caralisapowers - three names, one girl may be my daughter, but that doesn’t make her any less a poet. Born in Worcester, she now calls Boston home and is intimately involved in the poetry and spoken word scene there. Her poetry is as real as it gets, full of the concerns of a young woman of today. She blogs fairly regularly, alternating with regularity between “relationship poetry” and poetry with a hard-edges social consciousness, with a hint of hope. Cara is committed to change and believes that words are a part of that change. In her “other life”, she is a crusader for youth media awareness, and it shows in her poetry.

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Jillypoet is a 30-something “mom trying to write” who gets more writing done than most “professional writers”. I first ran into Jillypoet a little over a year ago, and thoroughly enjoyed reading her poetry and musings since. Her poetry shows a great sense of human nature - and nature - and the blending of human nature with nature. Her blog is updated several times a week, and it’s always fun to read. She’s also involved in a number of writers’ communities and poets blogs that post prompts weekly, and promotes community through her writing and involvement. Definitely a writer worth checking out and enjoying, especially if your main exposure to the Word is through Slam and spoken word.

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Mariacristina is another very pretty poet’s blog - I’m a sucker for purple flowers, so she had me from the start. Mariacristina the poet is Christine Swint, mum of two and former Spanish teacher who is now concentrating on a career in freelance writing. Mariacristina the blog is a collection of her writing, much of it poetry written in response to prompts collected from writers prompt communities around the web. Her writing is both delicate and fierce, sharp description, precise words that cut a poem open and lay it bare for the reader. She plays deftly with both rhyme and form, though her less formal poetry is just as pretty and potent. She also writes on her experiences with depression, her children and off-the-cuff subjects like The Fighting Cholitas of the Andes. I intend to drop back by and read more often.

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