Ask the Author: Mike Figliola
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Mike Figliola
The late great poet and former poet laureate of NY Robert Creeley once told me “Onward!” This was after I read him one of my poems at some event in NYC. I asked after I had finished the poem if he thought I’d be published one day. That was almost 20 years ago.
There I was: just a kid green with everything and he took the time to reassure me that day with that one word: “Onward.” What a great notion to impose on a young writer. Keep going. Never stop. Robert Creeley. What a beautiful idea. What an amazing person. To this day I tell every writer I meet the same thing. I always credit Creeley.
There I was: just a kid green with everything and he took the time to reassure me that day with that one word: “Onward.” What a great notion to impose on a young writer. Keep going. Never stop. Robert Creeley. What a beautiful idea. What an amazing person. To this day I tell every writer I meet the same thing. I always credit Creeley.
Mike Figliola
The followup to The Slow Midnight on Cypress Avenue, of course.
Mike Figliola
Every day inspires but the more variables you add to your day (or night) the more subject matter you can write about.
Mike Figliola
The title and part of the subject matter came from a poem i write also titled the Slow Midnight on Cypress Avenue. The poem was about someone waiting on a stoop on Cypress Avenue for the rain to end. It was 10 to midnight. All they wanted was the rain to end and make their way to their friends at the local watering hole. Book was born out of that.
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