Motionpoem Film Debut

Amy King wrote: My woman’s Motionpoem film will debut Thursday night & then we will dance until the roof is on fire! The film is an interpretation of Melissa Studdard ‘s “I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast” – will you tap dance with us? Melissa Studdard is on Facebook and Twitter. She writes on Johntext … Read more

The Poison Pen Reading

Happy times with my good friend and all-around great guy, Greg Oaks, after the February Poison Pen reading. Thanks to Udo Hintze for the picture! Melissa Studdard is on Facebook and Twitter. She writes on Johntext. Visit her personal homepage www.melissastuddard.com and find out about events and her books. More information is available on Wikipedia.

The Farming Blog

Photo by Alistar Harris This morning I opened a Google alert to find that this gorgeous farming blog (The Farming Life) had shared my poem “I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast” as part of an inspiring photo essay about their farm. They also quoted an answer I gave Okla Elliott for the magazine “As It … Read more

American Microreviews and Interviews

“It is so hard to make a good work of art, I think: for me, if it is intentional it is intentional the way you try not to drown…” — Robert Pinsky, American Microreviews and Interviews. Thanks to Kyle McCord for a bang-up job with the new issue of AMRI. In addition to my interview … Read more

Melissa Studdard At The Houston Poetry Festival

Melissa Studdard is celebrating poetry at the Houston Poetry Festival. She will be reading at 7:30 p.m. at the Willow Street Pump Station.     Here’s the schedule for all the readers: http://houstonpoetryfest.info/page12.html     Melissa Studdard is on Facebook and Twitter. She writes on Johntext. Visit her personal homepage www.melissastuddard.com and find out about … Read more