I've been thinking about where I want to take my new blog, "The Betty
Blog," now that I've finished posting "Betty." What I'd like to do is
to publish poetry on it; but not all mine.

I've started publishing more obscure, less-web-accessible poetry by
Wallace Stevens, preparatory to putting up his "Notes Toward a Supreme
Fiction" in February and "The Man With the Blue Guitar" in March. (I
posted Supreme Fiction onto usenet last April as my NaPo project, and
I plan to do the same with Blue Guitar… Continue

I recently completed and blogged a 3,000-line "poem" (scare quotes because some might say it isn't one). I'm quite excited about it, because it's like nothing I've written before. I'd be interested in reads and reactions. Please visit:

The Betty Blog - http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/

A great admirer of Kevin's poetry . . . a great way to converse in a poetry club in virtual space . . . Have a great day!

Nature’s Sculpture
By Gladys Hobson

Like twisted log
tossed on the beach
each groove and knot
forming nature’s sculpture.
If mind is open it can reach
a story true
of life and death —
crafted in lines bold and free
in hollows and grooves
and swirls and knots:
a distorted body —
a soul tormented?

Or is the story nature tells
far from what my eyes do see?
For beauty lies within the heart
and sings a different melody,
Those crafted grooves
that make me shudder
were earned by life’s experience;
ea… Continue