INSPIRATION OF THE DAY: C.D. Wright on Writing Poetry
In the foreward to her 1986 book Further Adventures With You, C. D. Wright, a native of the "hill country" of Arkansas, considers writing...
POEM OF THE DAY: EAVAN BOLAND'S "LIGHTS"
More Eavan Boland for you! This one is a bit longer, but totally worth the read-through. From her book Night Feed (1982), and one of many...
THAT'S ANNE CARSON
Ok, see that blurry, tiny woman with the no-nonsense bob, up against the beige wall, behind all those heads? THAT'S ANNE CARSON. (!!!)...
POEM(S) OF THE DAY: Grace Paley's "Drowning (I)" & "Drowning (II)"
DROWNING (I) If I were in the middle of the Atlantic drowning far from home I would look up at the sky veil of my hiding life and say:...
POEM OF THE DAY: Grace Paley's "Arboreal Mystery"
On Jane Street in October I saw three gingko trees the first is naked to the bony branch the second is a dance of little golden fans the...
