Time for the year in review. I decided to post the review early because I’m traveling for the holidays. No new publications – I still haven’t submitted to any journals. But I continue to the poetry dates via Skype most weeks. I had to go review my calendar and emails to pull together this list. Although I didn’t blog much about my poetic endeavors, I managed to do something creative almost once a month.

January

• Started to facilitate the weekly workshop of the Dudley Poetry Club

February

• Erasure poem of inaugural address for the Erase-Transform Poetry project
• Completed the Valentine’s Day poetry cleanse

April

• Wrote during the Poem-a-Day challenge
• Attended the Louise Glück reading

May

• Organized the Dudley Poetry Open Mic
• Completed the May poetry cleanse
• Attended the MassPoetry Festival in Salem
• Facilitated the monthly summer workshops of the Dudley Poetry Club
• Wrote poems for the Utopia Encuentro Milongero: Charleston Edition

June

• Completed the Seven Days in May & June poetry cleanse
• Attended Boston Writers Meetup critique group
• Facilitated the Dudley Poetry Club summer workshop
• Enjoyed summer in New England

July

• Completed the Independence Day poetry cleanse
• Facilitated the Dudley Poetry Club summer workshop
• Organized the Midsummer’s Night Reading of poetry & prose
• Took an online poetry workshop with Ada Limón

August

• Attended The Articulate Image workshop with Rachel Eliza Griffiths at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
• Facilitated the last Dudley Poetry Club summer workshop

September

• A table, four chairs & a bench delivered

October

• Attended Boston University’s Celebration of Voices Favorite Poem Project
• Attended the Brief Eulogies for Lost Species book launch
• Attended the Kimiko Hahn master class sponsored by the Brookline Poetry Series
• Went to the Boston Book Festival (loved the Reading Like a Writer session)

November

• Attended the After Jubilee book launch
• Read poems at Utopia Encuentro Milonguero: Charleston Edition

December

• Started a daily writing practice