Glen Kappy Biography

I wrote my first bio for Poemhunter.com (PH) in 2016 when I started posting poems here. Then I revised it a bit in 2018, and overhauled it in 2022. For some reason or reasons I can't pinpoint exactly, it's come to me to revise it again today.

First, for those who might be curious about this, yes, I've published in a bunch of periodicals—most of them permanently defunct—and a bunch of books with quite limited runs, none of them self-published by me.

Which brings me to why I post poems in PH. The reasons I can identify are 1, poems are to share, and I want to share them; 2, I want my poetry deposited somewhere else besides the hard drive on this computer I'm typing on; and 3, not a reader of poetry magazines myself, I don't want to try and figure out what pleases their editors. When I'm introduced to poets I like, I'll check out from the library or buy a book of theirs and go through it.

Recently it came to me to write a poem about why I write poetry, which is now posted here in PH and titled, naturally enough, 'Why I Write Poetry.' I am purposely not explaining my poetry here. I feel like explaining a poem is like having to explain the punch line of a joke—once you've done that you've taken the discovery, the " aha, " the fun from it. However, if you have a question or something else related to poetry, feel free to send me a message here in PH, which I will answer in time. Be aware I don't spend a lot of time in PH these days with the demands on my life and my resistance to sitting more than I have to in front of a computer or any other kind of screen.

June 2024