Want to support Dodging the Rain?

Now you can via the following link. All contributions great and small are welcome—we basically run on coffee and good will!

We also offer a poetry editing service customised to your work and needs. Email dtr.poetry@gmail.com to discuss.

https://ko-fi.com/dodgingtherain

Working with Neil Slevin has been a wonderful experience. He has a keen eye for poetry and a thoughtful approach to editing. What I appreciate most is that he doesn’t try to change my voice or make a poem into something it isn’t. Instead, he helps me see where a poem can be stronger, where a word might be unnecessary, or where an image needs a little more room to breathe.

Neil is honest, encouraging, and generous with his insight. He respects the poet as much as the poetry, and that makes all the difference. I’ve learned a great deal from working with him, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend his editing services to other poets.

Jennifer Nachtwey, poet and author of The With-You Season