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Five Pages of Verse

Yesterday my friend Kristin and I completed our submission for an Orange County grant that would enable us to commission and perform a song cycle based on my poems. The idea excites me. Also yesterday, I submitted five pages of verse, as required, to the North Carolina Poetry Society, which offers a weeklong residency at… Continue reading Five Pages of Verse

Reinventing myself (again)

I’ve reached iteration Paul 9.0, Poet. I test-drove a few poems in performance in front of local audiences this spring was surprised at how receptive people were…

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