Poetry Rules

"Wherever Art is going she will follow suit pregnant and barefoot from the balcony/ in due time." ( from Never Thirty-Seven ) What I Am Working On After the release of   They Talk About Death , my first US-published chapbook, last July by Blood Pudding Press ,  I am currently working on some translations projects--that is translations into Italian of poems by Alejandro Murguía , current San Francisco Poet Laureate as well as editing and translating an  New Anthology of American Poets . I am also always working on my main WIP, that is poet Jack Hirschman 's biography, which is indeed a beautiful and demanding experience. Writing about a contemporary poet's life and work takes a long time not only in terms of writing but requires so much research, too. I cannot but recognize how this work is constantly shaping my writing and is enriching me in way I find hard to express. Last but not least, there are always new poems I am working on--whether for specific chapbooks ...

Spring at the Protestant Cemetery of Rome makes even gray days seem brighter and the location more inspiring. Keats' tomb is covered with violets and lovely, yellow narcissuses adorn Percy Bysshe's tomb, making the place even more dear to me. If possible!