Jack Ridl – HE BRINGS HOME EVERYTHING
A faculty member at the college where I loved to be with students once emailed me the following: “You use too many exclamation points.” What’s the deal with the fear... Read More
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CavanKerry and The Poetry Society of Michigan
This post is part of our series in honor of ADA Awareness Month.  While on a national level the focus is disability employment awareness, CKP is focusing on artists.  Jack Ridl, Honorary... Read More
“Against Elegies” by Jack Ridl
This poem is part of CavanKerry’s series for National Poetry Month.  Every day in April, we post a poem from our community of writers. Against ElegiesBy Jack Ridl I’m tired of Death’s... Read More
CavanKerry Press partners with the Poetry Society of Michigan
At the Poetry Society of Michigan (PSM) Fall Meeting, Jack Ridl, the Honorary Chancellor of PSM, invited the members of PSM to bring poetry to a person who is a shut-in or disabled. Mr.... Read More
The Lyric of Healing by Jack Ridl
This post is part of our series in honor of ADA Awareness Month.  While on a national level the focus is disability employment awareness, CKP is focusing on artists. A week... Read More
Another question for National Poetry Month
It’s poetry month and we asked our community to answer 3 important questions, one of them being… What is the poem you’d give to someone living in your town 100... Read More
“Losing Season” in the classroom
Poet Chris Dombrowski is teaching Jack Ridl’s “Losing Season” at the Montano Poets House.
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For Florenz: “At Fifty” by Jack Ridl
At Fifty from Losing Season Coach hurls the ball against the garage door,grabs it on the rebound. He’s missed tenin a row. He steps to the line, bouncesthe ball twice, hard,... Read More
From Randy Smit, for ADA Awareness Month
Several years ago I received an email from Randy Smit. I had no idea who this Randy Smit was. He asked if I had any time to come by and... Read More