I don’t mean to brag with a title like this, but I did fix our kitchen sink this week. The title sounded too good not to use, and what I really want to do, which is one part of this blog, is just to say that poets are people, too. Last month as we wereContinue reading “The Poet as Plumber”
Author Archives: Kendall Dunkelberg
In Praise of Rhubarb
One of the joys of a visit to Iowa in the summertime is my Mom’s great stand of rhubarb.
Thoughts on Replacing the Mississippi Flag
This is a historic time in Mississippi. This week, both the state House and Senate passed a bill with more than a two-thirds majority to remove the current state flag that features the Confederate flag in the canton, and the governor signed it into law. A new flag will be designed by a commission andContinue reading “Thoughts on Replacing the Mississippi Flag”
New Life for Old iPad: Instagram Poetry Machine
This year, I retired my old 4th Generation iPad because it was getting pretty slow. I couldn’t do any serious work with it, and even reading the news or other recreational uses were painful. So I finally broke down and upgraded, but still felt bad to have a working electronic device without using it. Then,Continue reading “New Life for Old iPad: Instagram Poetry Machine”
How I Became an Instagram Poet
Calling myself and Instagram Poet may seem like a bit of an exaggeration, but I am sticking my toe in those waters by posting my first ever published poem and my first published translations (which actually predate the first poem) on Instagram. My plan is to follow these with more poems, mostly from my firstContinue reading “How I Became an Instagram Poet”
More Fun with Blocks
As promised, I’m writing about my experiences updating my blog to an author website with a static home page and learning WordPress’s new Block Editor. I never was able to get the image carousel that I wanted the other day. I could use an image gallery, but the options for linking with that are quiteContinue reading “More Fun with Blocks”
Fun with Blocks
No, I haven’t reverted to childhood to start playing with wood blocks. This weekend, after taking the plunge and changing the theme of my blog (and after second-guessing myself and exploring several more themes, only to settle for the one I initially chose, at least for now), I dug into revising some of my pagesContinue reading “Fun with Blocks”
Changing WordPress Themes
Now that I’ve dived in and am revising my blog, I might as well write about the process. The first step was to change the theme from “Spring Loaded,” which was so old that WordPress had retired it, but let me keep using it, to “Exford.” This promised to be an easy process. I wentContinue reading “Changing WordPress Themes”
Changes Coming to My Blog
Recently, I realized that I’ve been blogging for over a decade, since July 2009 to be precise. In that time, my blog and my readership has grown quite a bit, but the blog’s format has remained unchanged. In that time, I’ve also published two books of poetry and a textbook, and I’ve started an MFAContinue reading “Changes Coming to My Blog”
Virtual Residency 2020
I first realized that we would likely need to have virtual residencies this summer while I was at AWP 2020 in San Antonio. Those of us who went had many conversations about COVID-19 and what it might mean, though at that point in early March everything was uncertain. At the Low-Residency Caucus panel, several directorsContinue reading “Virtual Residency 2020”
Kendall Dunkelberg 