Observations

I listen to poetry with my eyes closed.  I even judge slams with my eyes closed.

I don’t watch poets, I listen to poems. 

I’d like to attend a reading where the poets read from behind a screen.  I’d like to do a feature that way, too.  At least once.

Most three minute poems would sound better as longer poems with at least ten-twenty seconds of silence built in to them.

Most poets I see at slam-influenced readings don’t understand how to use silence.

We fear silence more than anything else.  I could lose my eyesight and eventually be OK. 

But I would die if I were to lose my hearing.

I’ve said all this before.

There are 3,000+ poems in my archives, dating back to 1974.  That may be enough for one lifetime.