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

Beth Adams http://www.cassandrapages.com

Teresa Hichens Ballard  http://teballard.blogspot.com/

Sandra Beasley http://sbeasley.blogspot.com

Carolee Bennett  https://gooduniversenextdoor.com/

Mary Biddinger  wordcage.blogspot.com/ 

Andrea Blythe  http://www.andreablythe.com

Dave Bonta  http://vianegativa.us

Jim Brock  http://picturesthatgotsmall.blogspot.com 

James Brush http://coyotemercury.com

Angela T Carr   https://angelatcarr.wordpress.com/

Patricia Caspers  http://www.patriciacaspers.com/

I. F. Caton  http://analogverse.blogspot.com/

Grant Clauser http://www.uniambic.com

Kevin Connor  https://ordinaryaveragethoughts.wordpress.com/

Jared Conti   http://www.theoracularbeard.com 

Josephine Corcoran  http://www.josephinecorcoran.org

Jill Crammond   https://jillypoet.wordpress.com/  

Jenelle D’Alessandro  http://www.borderandgreetme.com

Laura E. Davis  http://www.dearouterspace.com/

Kate Debolt  http://www.katedebolt.net/blog/

Heather Derr-Smith  ferhext.com/   

Risa Denenberg  https://risadenenberg.weebly.com/blog

Amy Dryansky https://amydryansky.com

Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow  http://cschwartzbergedlow.blogspot.com

Andrew Eickstead http://www.unleashingthewordhoard.com 

Lou Faber  https://anoldwriter.com

Jeannine Hall Gailey  webbish6.com 

Gail Goepfert  gailgoepfert.com

Erica Goss http://ericagoss.com

Uma Gowrishankar  https://umagowrishankar.wordpress.com/

Sarah Kain Gutowski  mimsyandoutgrabe.blogspot.com

Charlotte Hamrick  zouxzoux.wordpress.com

Erin Hollowell  http://www.beingpoetry.net 

Trish Hopkinson  https://trishhopkinson.com/

Jennifer Hudgens  https://jenniferelhudgens.wordpress.com

Catherine Hume https://catherinehume.wordpress.com/

Crystal Ignatowski  http://somehiatus.tumblr.com/

MJ Iuppa  http://mjiuppa.blogspot.com/

Charles Jensen  https://charles-jensen.com/kinemapoetics-blog/

JJS  https://thisembodiedcondition.wordpress.com

Jill McCabe Johnson  http://jillmccabejohnson.com/blog-chanson-daventure.html

Collin Kelley  http://www.collinkelley.blogspot.com

Kathleen Kirk https://kathleenkirkpoetry.blogspot.com/

Anita Olivia Koester  https://www.forkandpage.com/

Lakshmi  thiswinterheart.tumblr.com 

Courtney LeBlanc  wordperv.com   

Lorena P Matejowsky  https://nothingbutblueskies.wordpress.com/   

Marilyn McCabe OWrite.MarilynonaRoll.wordpress.com

Ann Michael  www.annemichael.wordpress.com

Amy Miller  http://writers-island.blogspot.com/

James Moore  jameswmoore.wordpress.com   

LouAnn Sheperd Muhm  https://louannmuhm.com/

January Gill O’Neill  http://poetmom.blogspot.com .  

Shawnte Orion  http://batteredhive.blogspot.com/

Ren Powell  https://renpowell.com/category/poetry/

Bethany Reid http://www.bethanyareid.com/ 

Susan Rich  http://thealchemistskitchen.blogspot.com .

Lee Ann Roripaugh https://runningbrush.wordpress.com/

Sarah Russell  https://sarahrussellpoetry.net

Jennifer Saunders  http://www.magpiedays.com

Carl Setzer  https://questionsall.net

Martha Silano: http://bluepositive.blogspot.com/

Kim Bailey Spradlin  www.kimbaileydeal.net

Bonnie Staiger  https://bonniestaiger.com/

Rosemary Starace https://thresholdview.wordpress.com/

Hannah Stephenson  http://thestorialist.com

Stephanie Lane Sutton athenasleepsin.wordpress.com

Christine Swint   https://balancedonedge.blog/   

Carey Taylor  https://careyleetaylor.com.

Dylan Tweney  http://dylan20.tumblr.com/

Michael Allyn Wells: http://stickpoetsuperhero.blogspot.com/

Lesley Wheeler  Lesleywheeler.org

Allyson Whipple  http://allysonmwhipple.com

Sean Wright  https://sbwrightpoet.blogspot.com.au/