insomnia=bad
winter insomnia is kicking in; i was up at 4:30 this morning and tried in vain to read myself back to sleep until 8. so this will be short.
the poetry festival was wonderful and i'll report in detail later. the most important part for me is that i started working on a new poem during the insomnia bout this morning. maybe i just needed a jumpstart. otherwise known as a kick in the pants. otherwise known as yusef komunyakaa saying "i enjoyed hearing you read. are you writing every day?" and the guilt i had when i had to say "well...mostly." the poem is about my grandmother. it's taken me nearly ten months to start writing about it. god knows how long it'll take to write about september 11th.
transcriptions of panel discussions and my thoughts on getting to meet lucille clifton later. now, naps are good.
yusef komunyakaa liked my poem! -beatpoetgrrl
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