Poets fighting. Let that phrase sink in for a second. Poets here in the Valley are doing more than mildly disagreeing in a passive-aggressive fashion.
One of them, Joe Montano, has been calling out others for not being any good, for not practicing the craft in a way that is worthwhile or thoughtful. He hasn’t held back.
Robrt Pela has written about the war of words in the latest edition of Phoenix New Times and online in a story called "Could Be Verse."