Silly Animal Poems
Well, the book of the month for March is written. You can read it. I hope you do.
I think it will be more popular than February’s book of the month, which you can still read if you like. Not many people made it all the way through. My thanks to all those who read it and commented on it.
It will eventually get a re-write and be presented again, but for now the book of the month program is in full swing. I am quite pleased to say that the poems in this book are not part of the stockpile (except for maybe two or three). That’s right. The stockpile. When I set myself a goal of a book a month, I did so knowing that I had 2 or 3 books already written – a couple of collections of poems and at least one collection of essays.
The fact that the animal poems were outside of that stockpile, were mostly written this year, since January, makes me optimistic about the whole project.
I decided to put together the animal poems book after I read a couple of them at the Alchemy reading in January. The response was very positive. Well, there’s nothing that can motivate me more than positive feedback. A little flattery goes a long way.
Still, though, it’s a conflict for me as a writer. Everybody likes my short poems, the light comedy stuff, mostly suitable for children but with an occasional off color joke thrown in. Perhaps it’s just a bit of a break from the non-rhyming poets of rage and confession. Shorter, anyway.
I, on the other hand, would like to write longer and more serious stuff.
So, expect the book of the month column, as well as my daily blogs, to reflect that dichotomy. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious. Feel free to read and interpret however you like. With love, Willie
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