My latest poem, “Impostor,” has been published in Streetlight.
Check it out here!
And while you’re at it, they’ve got some other good stuff in this issue.
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NEW POEM—The Boy Who Never Laughed
THE BOY WHO NEVER LAUGHED
Was once a little boy
A boy who never laughed
Never did escape no single smirk from him Continue reading
New Poem Published in The Paragon
Hey readers!
Check out my latest poem, Recipe for an Appetizer, and other good reads,
in the latest issue of The Paragon,
a literary journal available online.
(I’m on p.51)
New Poem—Times I Have Let Out A Sigh
[The following poem was composed in 2005 in honor of the demolition of a historic building on the campus of Freed-Hardeman University, and was originally published in the school literary magazine.] Continue reading
My poem, “Birds and Bees,” Featured on VerseWrights
My poem, “Birds and Bees,” is now featured on VerseWrights.
Check it out!
I’m A Featured Poet at Contemporary American Voices!
I am happy to announce that the poetry website Contemporary American Voices has selected me as their featured poet for May 2016!
Three of my poems appear:
“Pilgrim”
“Contours”
“Happy Hour”
Along with my work, poetry of my brother, Lukas Guard, and an old schoolmate, Allison Boyd, also appears.
English Teachers Of My Youth: Mrs. Humphrey
8th grade: I was a big dog on middle school campus. I felt both able and allowed to be mischievous. And throughout most of the year I had mixed feelings about Mrs. Humphrey, the short, stern-faced, saccharine, classically PTA-mom-like teacher of my final middle school year.
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New Poem—Kansas
Kansas
In
Kansas
Dorothy
Loved Aunt E.M.
A
Cyclone
Took her to
The munchkin land
Bad
Witch died
Ruby shoes
Good witch told her
Go
To the
Wizard through
Yellow brick road
The
Scarecrow
Tin man and
Lion killed witch
Got
Courage
Beating heart
And diploma
Shoes
Remind
Dorothy
There’s no place like
Home…
Using Semisonic and The Lumineers to Teach High School Poetry
Whenever I introduce a poetry unit to my high school students, I always begin by reviewing a list of literary terms, with an example song (usually “Colorblind” by Counting Crows) that uses many devices. I then have them identify as many literary terms as they can in a song they select on their own. I trick them into admitting that they like poetry…as long as it’s mostly rhyme and rhythm accompanied by music.
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A Poem of Mine is Published in The Inaugural Issue of ‘Brain of Forgetting’
An Irish legend tells of Cenn Faelad, who lost his ‘brain of forgetting’ when his skull was split open in battle by a blow to the head from a sword. He developed a perfect memory, and wrote everything down.
The new literary journal, Brain of Forgetting, has published their inaugural issue, titled “Stones,” to celebrate the legend.
My poem, “Sapphire Stone,” appears in the inaugural issue.
This may or may not qualify me as an Irish poet.
Either way, I’m excited to share the news.
CALEB COY 