I certainly appreciate your noticing that, Bill. I work very hard at
starting from my accustomed formal background, but then taking out stitches
here and there in idiosyncratic ways.
--Uche
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Thanks, Uche. We know about 'hard won green' here in Australia too. Not
> all that's hard won it seems, you lively misfit. Admire the fit: the
> structure and the way you loosen the edges of your poems.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
> > On 30 Oct 2013, at 2:59 am, Uche Ogbuji <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Bill.
> >
> > The Colorado Poet's Center site can be flaky, I've found, but it seems to
> > be working better now. That full poem is here:
> >
> > http://www.coloradopoetscenter.org/poets/ogbuji_uche/july4.html
> >
> > The version in the book is edited a bit.
> >
> > --Uche
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Liked your tightly visual poems, Uche, particularly the kite-eye
> >> perspective in Above Left Hand Canyon. However the full poem failed to
> load
> >> on my server.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>> On 27 Oct 2013, at 5:33 am, Uche Ogbuji <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I've been just a lurker here for quite a while, but I hope it's OK if I
> >> pop
> >>> out to mention that Aldrich Press just published my short volume of
> >> poems,
> >>> my first ever, this week. Ndewo, Colorado <
> http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/>
> >> is
> >>> an immigrant’s verse greeting to his adopted home.
> >>>
> >>> http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/
> >>>
> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Ndewo-Colorado-Uche-Ogbuji/dp/0615886086/
> >>>
> >>> Rather than do all my duly diligent promotional horn-tooting solo, I
> >> joined
> >>> a band. The Stanza Massive is a small DIY-minded group promoting our
> >> books
> >>> of poetry, including through collaborative, multimedia experiments with
> >> our
> >>> texts. We have a low-volume mailing list here:
> >>>
> >>> http://eepurl.com/HsbFf
> >>>
> >>> Our site is:
> >>>
> >>> http://stanzamassive.tumblr.com/
> >>>
> >>> I'd be grateful for any help spreading the word.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Uche Ogbuji
> http://uche.ogbuji.net
> >>> Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com
> >>> Author, Ndewo, Colorado
> >> http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/
> >>> Founding editor, Kin Poetry Journal http://wearekin.org
> >>> Editor & Contributor, TNB
> >>> http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/uogbuji/
> >>> http://copia.ogbuji.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji
> >>> http://twitter.com/uogbuji
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Uche Ogbuji http://uche.ogbuji.net
> > Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com
> > Author, Ndewo, Colorado
> http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/
> > Founding editor, Kin Poetry Journal http://wearekin.org
> > Editor & Contributor, TNB
> > http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/uogbuji/
> > http://copia.ogbuji.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji
> > http://twitter.com/uogbuji
> >
>
--
Uche Ogbuji http://uche.ogbuji.net
Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com
Author, Ndewo, Colorado http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/
Founding editor, Kin Poetry Journal http://wearekin.org
Editor & Contributor, TNB
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/uogbuji/
http://copia.ogbuji.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji
http://twitter.com/uogbuji
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