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Glynn is an award winning speechwriter and communications professional. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the Public Relation Relations Society of America and was inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame in 2009. He received his B.A. in Journalism from Louisiana State University and his Masters in Liberal Arts from Washington University in St. Louis.

He is the author of five novels in the Dancing Priest series -- Dancing Priest, A Light Shining, Dancing King, Dancing Prophet, and Dancing Prince -- the non-fiction book Poetry at Work. and the historical novel Brookhaven. He serves as an editor at Tweetspeak Poetry (http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com) and writes a weekly column on new poets, old poets, and literature.
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Poets and Poems: D.S. Martin and “The Role of the Moon”


Like many literary terms, “metaphysical poetry” was not something that the designated poets themselves invented. Instead, in the decades after they flourished, it was John Dryden (1631-1700) and Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) who popularized the description. They did not mean it as a compliment. Instead, they saw this group of 16th century poets as writers who abandoned the rules of poetry and cre Read more of this blog post »
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Watching kites in the sky. Bounding on a bed. A boy goes fishing. Washing clothes. A housemaid makes beds at a motel. Mowing a lawn. Adopting kittens. Veterans march in a Memorial Day parade.

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