James R. Whitley's Poetry Spot

WELCOME 

So I finally throw together a little poetry website and look who drops in for a visit! YOU! 

Well now I'm nervous, but I'll continue anyway.

As a way of introducing myself to you and other fearless web surfers, I've posted some stuff that I think is worth checking out--my poetry, some info about me, and even a few personal photos that look like I dipped them in PAAS Easter egg dye.

I hope you'll spend a few minutes to look through these (lovingly prepared) pages, read some of my work and maybe even shoot me an email before you leave my spot.

However long you stay, I'm glad you decided to stop by and hope you enjoy the visit.

And don't be a stranger!

Yours in verse,

J.R. Whitley

Thanks to Sandra Woodbury (of the Billerica Public Library) and the Massachusetts Center for the Book for creating and posting such a thoughtful Reading and Discussion Guide for This Is the Red Door! 

Thanks to Peg Duthie for her review of The Goddess of Goodbye!

Yet another review of This Is the Red Door appears in Pebble Lake Review!

GREAT NEWS!: This Is the Red Door has won the 2009 Massachusetts Book Award for poetry!

Here's a review of The Goddess of Goodbye that appeared in Tertulia Magazine!

Click here to read a review of This Is the Red Door  from ForeWord Magazine!

Here's another review from JMWW!

Click here to read  a review of The Goddess of Goodbye!

(Photographs by David Cianetti and Patrick O'Connor)