Ariel Gordon Posts

Launchpad: REVERY, by Jenna Butler
"This is smart and sensitive writing; Revery makes me ache for Jenna and for all of us. But it soothes me too—acknowledging how difficult life is and …

TreeTalk-ing or, "How I Became a Serial Poetry Monogamist"
"I knew I wanted to do more than just sit in a booth, eating chicken and waffles, and writing. It had to do something that was ever-so-slightly performative, …

Writing the Self In Nature
A recommended reading list by author of the new essay collection Treed: Walking in Canada's Urban Forests.

Behind the Poem: Ariel Gordon and the How-To Poems
"Have I studied enough? Have I read enough? How DO you write a poem?"