Duane Francis-Poet /Jamaican Spoken Word Artiste

The writings and musings of Jamaican Spoken Word Artiste Duane Francis. His blog provides a look at his own poetry including poetry podcasts as well as he shares poetry of other great poets and spoken word artistes. One can also find interesting and exciting videos of great Jamaican Reggae Artistes.

A Jamaican Poet’s love affair ….with Blogging

When I discovered Blogging I had no idea of its power. I used it as a means to rant , maybe even therapy for my opinionated self. As Iwent along however I realized that the benefits of blogging for a poet were nothing remotely surface.

Here is my list of reasons poets should blog

  • The most obvious is that you get increased exposure for yourself and your writing.
  • It makes you a better writer. Since good blogging is all about rich content and constantly updating your blog then you can only improve as a writer.
  • Blogging can allow you to build a community of like-minded people online or just increase your fan base.
  • Your readers get to leave feed back through comments. So you get to make them a part of your writing .
  • Of course there is always the fact that you can actually make an income from your blog. There are many ways to do this but you have to do your research to find what works for you.