Tag Archives: Poetry

Beckett’s Theories

Posted on September 17, 2020 by

Two short works from underappreciated Canadian poet, essayist, Greek scholar Anne Carson.      

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A Little Roadside Poetry

Posted on September 15, 2020 by

From Maine to New Mexico and from Alabama to Minnesota a series of roadside poetry signs have been popping up across the United States. The often philosophical works are all based on Japanese Senryū  style a sister poem to the … Continue reading →

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We wear the mask

Posted on September 4, 2020 by

The Mask by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr,, one of the leading letterpress printers, book artists, and papermakers working in the United States today, was printed at Bloomington, Indiana, in 2000. Nearly all of his work has an Afrocentric focus. Mask features the use … Continue reading →

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Denial Is A Cliff

Posted on September 2, 2020 by

Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Over Joy Priest I want to believe Don West when he writes: none of mineever made their living by driving slaves. But in my grandfather’s mouth that utterance would’ve taken on another meaning: In … Continue reading →

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Making Hay

Posted on August 24, 2020 by

“Haymaking” by William Carlos Williams The living quality of the man’s mind stands out and its covert assertions for art, art, art! painting that the Renaissance tried to absorb but it remained a wheat field over which the wind played … Continue reading →

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Posted on August 10, 2020 by

As some readers know, much of my time is generally occupied finding and selling antiquarian travel books. Although I focus mostly on 19th and early 20th century travel guidebooks, I am interested in other travel literature and unrelated genres, as … Continue reading →

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August Everything Is Wrong

Posted on August 4, 2020 by

“August” by Mary Oliver Our neighbor, tall and blonde and vigorous, the mother of many children, is sick. We did not know she was sick, but she has come to the fence, walking like a woman who is balancing a … Continue reading →

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If you want to understand a poem

Posted on August 1, 2020 by

h/t Grant Snider  

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wave down to future generations

Posted on July 28, 2020 by

“Photograph of a Gathering of People Waving” by Clarence Major based on an old photograph bought in a shop at Half Moon Bay, summer, 1999 No sound, the whole thing. Unknown folk. People waving from a hillside of ripple grass … Continue reading →

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there’s a bluebird in my heart

Posted on July 16, 2020 by

Charles Bukowski there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants … Continue reading →

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