POEM OF THE DAY: Norman Dubie's "Buffalo Clouds over the Maestro Hoon"
Hey––it's Norman Dubie, that man of many voices and characters, that maestro of the monologue! Here is tells us about the Maestro Hoon…....
POST MARDI GRAS POEM OF THE DAY: from Claudia Rankine's Citizen
If you haven't yet read Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric, pick it up asap, and get ready to engage. Citizen gives voice to...
POEM OF THE DAY: Jericho Brown's "Another Elegy"
For today, one of my favorite poems in Jericho Brown's truly amazing collection The New Testament (I know––bold title, right? But trust...
WHAT IS POETRY?
Some food for thought for today: According to Edward Hirsch's A Poet's Glossary (a must-have for any poet or any reader of poetry: 700...
POEM OF THE DAY: from Anne Carson's red doc>
Hearing Anne Carson read a few weeks ago inspired me to read all of the books of hers I had yet to read. The following is an except from...
