Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

It is rather unlikely that I need to tell anyone reading this post how wonderful a patron and promoter of poetry is Ms Doreen Peri. I would imagine such a post would be old news. Nevertheless, I felt it necessary to "say aloud" what is genuinely obvious (in this case) so that Doreen receives at leas...

...and happen to be in the Washington DC area on December 9th, Jared Carter will be reading at the Library of Congress. Ted Kooser will also be there. You can find out more at Jared's website www.jaredcarter.com Not only is Jeb a great guy, but he also writes some very good poetry. I wish I could at...

To All It May Concern: If this forum is the incorrect place for this inquiry, please forgive me; I am new to this board; simply let me know where to post it and I will gladly do so. I am looking to make my second book one aimed at young children (below age eight), and am seeking an illustrator. If y...

Zlatko,

Thank you for the very eloquent response to my poem. Your
words are deeply appreciated.

Doreen,

At this point thanking you is becoming redundant; you have
done so much...

Thank you, though, truly.

--J Brian Long

Thank you for your kind words.

--J Brian Long

I spend the change of my days in the slick car bays, down hard in the rust of the seeps. But the gaskets I slap neath the hood of the Dodge drip drips to the lip of the pan, and the pipe-sleeves I pin to the cracks in the chassis slip slack against the rack where it’s split. Nothing holds. All I tou...

Lightning Rod,

This poem is simply lovely. It does what I think poetry
should do.

I think you could eliminate the last strophe, though, and
not lose too much.

Thank you for a delightful read.

--J Brian Long

Doreen,

Your kind words are deeply appreciated. Thank you, truly.

--J Brian Long