(Okay, so I can’t break up with Sherman; he’s just too good. For evidence of just how good he is, please see the following Poetry Friday offering. For more of this week’s Poetry Friday goodness, check here.)
How to Write the Great American Indian Novel
All of the Indians must have tragic features: tragic noses, eyes, and [...]

It’s my first contribution to Poetry Friday!
Introduction To Poetry
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem’s room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I [...]