The 2018 Poet Bloggers Revival Tour



Modern Confessional marks its 15th anniversary in 2018. When I created this blog in 2003, my first poetry collection, Better To Travel, had just been published and I was looking for some way to connect with fellow poets. For many years, I was a diligent blogger, posting once a week about a variety of topics – from reviews and rants to readings and rough drafts.

The golden age of blogging lasted from 2003 to 2010, but it couldn't compete with Facebook and Twitter. After that, blogs went dormant or disappeared altogether. The list of bloggers I linked to shrank every year. I often thought of closing down Modern Confessional, archiving the posts and moving to a static website. But I could never quite pull the trigger. I’ve given the blog numerous makeovers (the current incarnation is my favorite) and I’ve continued to post even as my fellow poet bloggers fell away.

Maybe it’s the oversharing or toxicity that has engulfed Facebook and Twitter or just a desire to return to long-form, in-depth writing, but blogging seems to be making a comeback – at least in the poetry world. Enter fabulous poets Donna Vorreyer and Kelli Russell Agodon. Together they have created the 2018 Poet Bloggers Revival Tour and I am thrilled to see so many poets have taken up the challenge of posting at least once a week during 2018. I’ll be among them. Many poets believe we’re in a new golden age for poetry, so it makes sense to bring back the blogs that started the revolution.

I cannot promise that I will post every week, but I am going to make a damn good effort. So are the other poets on the Revival Tour. What will be blogging about? Craft discussions, reviews, sharing reading lists, poem drafts, process discussions, successes and failures, interviews, prompts, upcoming readings, market news/suggestions, news of the “writing world” and anything else that strikes our fancies.

Below is the list of bloggers who are part of the Revival Tour. If you're a poet with a blog, please join us.

Happy New Year!

Ringleaders of This New Year’s Resolution:
Kelli Russell Agodon  http://ofkells.blogspot.com/   
Donna Vorreyer  https://djvorreyer.wordpress.com  
Bloggers to Follow on the Revival Tour
Teresa Hichens Ballard  http://teballard.blogspot.com/
Mary Biddinger  wordcage.blogspot.com/ 
Dave Bonta  http://vianegativa.us
Patricia Caspers  http://www.patriciacaspers.com/
Grant Clauser http://www.uniambic.com
Josephine Corcoran  http://www.josephinecorcoran.org
Jenelle D’Alessandro  http://www.borderandgreetme.com
Heather Derr-Smith  ferhext.com/   
Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow  http://cschwartzbergedlow.blogspot.com
Jeannine Hall Gailey  webbish6.com 
Gail Goepfert  gailgoepfert.com
Sarah Kain Gutowski  mimsyandoutgrabe.blogspot.com
Charlotte Hamrick  zouxzoux.wordpress.com
Erin Hollowell  
Trish Hopkinson  https://trishhopkinson.com/
Crystal Ignatowski  http://somehiatus.tumblr.com/
Anita Olivia Koester  https://www.forkandpage.com/
Courtney LeBlanc  wordperv.com   
Lorena P Matejowsky  https://nothingbutblueskies.wordpress.com/   
James Moore    
LouAnn Sheperd Muhm  https://louannmuhm.com/
January Gill O’Neill  http://poetmom.blogspot.com .  
Jennifer Saunders  http://www.magpiedays.com
Kim Bailey Spradlin  www.kimbaileydeal.net
Bonnie Staiger  https://bonniestaiger.com/
Hannah Stephenson  http://thestorialist.com
Stephanie Lane Sutton athenasleepsin.wordpress.com
Christine Swint   https://balancedonedge.blog/   
Carey Taylor  https://careyleetaylor.com.
Lesley Wheeler  Lesleywheeler.org
Allyson Whipple  http://allysonmwhipple.com

Comments

Sean Wright said…
Hi Collin,

I haven't been blogging as long as you (I think I started somewhere around 2008 and not a poetry blog either). But I have found FaceBook in particular has destroyed blogging/communication by addicting us all to short term dopamine fixes.

I am looking forward to meeting new poets and helping develop my craft on the tour.

Cheers.

Carolee said…
delighted to be among those still here! looking forward to continued reading!

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