Tag Archives: “Carpe Diem: New and Selected Poems

January Poetry Blitz: Michael Perkins

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin

The Double I know he’s out there Pretending to be me— Telling people all my lies, Signing my name to checks Made out to the Devil, Ruining my credit With the righteous; But what am I to do? You can’t … Continue reading →

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Further Thoughts on Memoir in Poetry

Posted on October 19, 2011 by admin

(Michel Perkins has told me that every single “I” in his book, Carpe Diem: New and Selected Poems, is a different person. Yet readers, myself included, would assume that Michael is offering his own wisdom under his “I.” He is, … Continue reading →

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“How I Became a Writer” By Michael Perkins

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

(Michael Perkins, my good friend and co-author of Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town, wrote this brief memoir as an introduction for an unpublished sampler taken from his novels, plays, reviews, and poems. … Continue reading →

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Michael Perkins’s “Overlook Mountain Invocation”

Posted on August 16, 2011 by admin

For the finale of our book launch party for Michael Perkins’ Carpe Diem: New and Selected Poems, I read Michael’s poem, “Overlook Mountain Invocation,” which, I should admit, he dedicated to me, though I would dedicated it in turn to … Continue reading →

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