“…just one that’s mine.” ~ Jack McCarthy

“………
9. Ideas for new poems of my own.
I don’t have to write the first poem
on a given subject, or the best,
just one that’s mine….”

Jack McCarthy, from “The Top Ten Reasons I Take Notes at Poetrynight”

Jack McCarthy is a legendary poet and award-winning slam poet and longtime participant in the poetrynight open mic series in Bellingham, Washington. Read his blog here.

Jack McCarthy is an exceptionally talented poet, and a thoughtful and humorous man. He begins “The Top Ten Reasons I Take Notes at Poetrynight” with “11.”

“The Top Ten Reasons…” appears in as much as we’ve put in, a poetrynight anthology (2012). I am honored to report that I assisted the anthology’s editors Robert Huston and Melissa A. Queen with two proofreads of the manuscript.

If I may say so, as much as we’ve put in is a beautiful book, and features fine work by poets Jack McCarthy, Anna Wolff, Ryler Dustin, Malcolm H. Kenyon, James Bertolino, Buddy Wakefield, Rachel Mehl, Caleb Barber, and many, many others.

ISBN: 978-1-4507-5596-2

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All the best, Andy