March 2011
37 posts
February 2011
23 posts
Devotional copied from my friends' blog (which I...
THE DISCIPLINE OF SPIRITUAL TENACITY “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to...
writeitdowncoollike asked: Hello Josh, you have been a huge inspiration for me. I've been writing for a long time and finding about about you has been an incredible thing. Before I found my poetic home at slam Richmond, I wrote purely for expression. Know I right for a greater purpose I feel and also it just makes me want to be a better writer. I have written off that inspiration of your work, at first I use to...
Snippet from "Maine's Absent Presence," a...
Artists are familiar with a concept that I think might help our class to understand the tradition of which we are about to become a small part. There is an artistic principle known as an absent presence. Easy enough to understand intuitively, this is the theory that all works of art make implicit references. The absent presence is the idea that hides just beyond the margins of the canvas, of the...
silizamargarita asked: You're Poetry is just simply Breathtaking. You Inspire Me.
jamekaangelie asked: hey - i'm a young writer who has discovered that i speak better in written word than in spoken and i am in love with poetry. I was just wondering, since i'm sure you've got more experience with your poetry-game than I do (I'm about 3 years in deep) - 1) how do you go about writing your poems 2) what kind of styles or meters of poetry interest you the most?
lauratosney asked: Hey Josh - I have a hopeful search on itunes now and then looking to download your awesome poetry for tube rides...is there anywhere I can get my hands on it/any future plans to put it up there?
Also, my boyfriend and I made it to your London gig - you have another fan, he thought you were awesome :)
Also, my boyfriend and I made it to your London gig - you have another fan, he thought you were awesome :)
Had no idea Sesame Street did such interesting... →
tabulasar asked: hey Joshua! Greetigs. It's @nolanologY from twitter. 2 Questions: 1) What's the best thing an aspiring writer can do to find his/her own voice? 2) RNLC - where might I find this mixtape for download? - i liked the tune you recently posted.
leggy-freda asked: i just gotta ask. you have a daughter?
and yeah, i love reading the poems you post on here, i usually read poems by african (mainly cos i'm nigerian) and asian poets, so its nice to have something different. i don't know how you find them. they are beautiful.
and could you please write the names of the songs you put on here?it gets difficult looking them up on itunes.
and yeah, i love reading the poems you post on here, i usually read poems by african (mainly cos i'm nigerian) and asian poets, so its nice to have something different. i don't know how you find them. they are beautiful.
and could you please write the names of the songs you put on here?it gets difficult looking them up on itunes.
qobwo-deactivated20110405 asked: I know you probably get like tons of messages 'cause you're a popular guy and I feel really stupid about asking this question, but I saw this quote about masculinity being trash around and I love the quote and I first thought of you because I'm in love with your poetry and I was just wondering if you originally said it because yeah. And I'm only asking this on tumblr because I...
