yvonne C. garrett

Tag: poetry

  • AWP or an ocean of words and no water

    I just got back to NYC from AWP 2015 in lovely Minneapolis, MN. It was a great experience aside from the total lack of drinking water (the only options – the yellow water coming out of the drinking fountains or $3.50 small plastic bottles of water available if you had time to stand in a…

  • Happy National Poetry Month!

    Happy National Poetry Month everybody! Another April means, I have another poetry chapbook out featuring poems written by myself and my poet friend Mary Ellen Sanger.  You can get it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1511434120/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk If you want a signed copy, come see me at AWP in Minneapolis next week or hit me up via Facebook and we’ll…

  • My writing process blog tour [or: how I failed at this “chain letter” thing]

    Last week a friend (Mary Ellen Sanger) sent me an email inviting me to be part of writers’ blog “tour.” I followed the instructions, sent out requests to all the writers I thought might be interested & hey, guess what – had no takers. Most everyone responded with, “I’m out of town,” or “I’m on…

  • new chapbook out now (with Mary Ellen Sanger)

    Mary Ellen Sanger & I have a new poetry chapbook out now. It’s part of our ongoing “poem-a-day” project. This is the 4th one in the series and you can get it on Amazon right here.  [ISBN: 1499710313]  If you live in NYC, you can always hit me up for a copy.

  • another day, another snowstorm

    Here’s a link to a poem about snow: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19970