one more
Thirty seconds after receiving one acceptance, another came in. I figure that if I blog this one, too, more will arrive before the end of the day.
Author: Ross
And then Gilbert disappeared for 25 years.
I had cause to quote this poem today. Dan Albergotti turned me on to it last weekend. It is the first poem in Jack Gilbert’s first book. In Dispraise Of Poetry When the King of Siam disliked a courtier, he gave him a beautiful white elephant. The miracle beast deserved such ritual that to care […]
Shorty Get Loose
When successful, a short poem immediately launches into its lyrical potential; any narrative grounding happens in service to the lyric. (I don’t think there’s such a thing as a successful short narrative, at least not one in less than ten average-sized lines or so. That’s just not enough to tell a complete story in verse.) […]
Ten Sure Signs That You Have “Packet Fever”
You feel guilty about the time you spent folding laundry even though you’re going to have to have something to wear tomorrow. You start thinking that a poem about lo mein isn’t such a bad idea. It’s Sunday night and you’re wearing the same shirt you woke up in Saturday morning. You’re logged in to […]
Thoroughly unconsidered thoughts on intentional fallacy
The following is stuff that sort of bubbled up to the top when thinking about the essay “The Intentional Fallacy,” and while it speaks to the difficult of any evaluation of poetry, it’s not something I’m willing to stand by, just something I present for argument. The idea of intentional fallacy seems to me inescapable […]
You can’t maintain enough distance and still see the strings
I know that grad school asks me to write papers about craft so that I can learn from what I am reading, but sometimes, when you really, really love a poem, you don’t want to look under the hood. You know it works. You wish you didn’t have to think about why. As if knowing […]
grape juice or wine
Very Like a Whale makes the case for a gestation period for your poems.
Give me some time, I will revise this entry, too.
I got a response (a super-fast one, at that) from my advisor, Mr. A. Van Jordan, today, and folks, I have assembled the first version of my petition to graduate. I’ll have another look at it tomorrow, just to make sure that after sleeping on it, I don’t freak out about any of the selections. […]
from The Unsubscriber
We are lucky to have to the occasion and desire to write poems… RELICS WITH OLD BLUE MEDICINE-TYPE BOTTLE: TO X This old blue medicine-type bottle, unburied From your garden last year’s the perfect centerpiece To suit our supper—the totem-trope we need Across this kitchen table, to show how dangerous It is where we sit […]
Logical Games for the Unbeliever
Here is a poem that have been wanting to share with you for a few days: Logical Games for the Unbeliever All night I kept solving for G. Now, through this dark morning, the equation escapes at the set speed of light. There are so many things I don’t understand. The future comes and it’s […]
I have been having some titling issues
I have not titled entries in this blog for a long time. I have not been titling my own poems well, either. So, since today is a writing day focused on annotations, I’m going to distract myself with some thoughts on the Science of Titles. Keep in mind that the advice which follows is written […]
Comics in the Classroom, Round 2
Friends, the final version of this article was published at: http://www.learnnc.org/Index.nsf/doc/comics0703?OpenDocument. This version is still missing a wee bit of content. >>Another draft of this article. Some images missing. Again, if you have meaningful comments, do it up. Comics in the Classroom Comic books. You’re probably thinking about Superman or Spider-Man. Batman or Wonder Woman. […]
Comics in the Classroom
Comics in the Classroom Comic books. You’re probably thinking about Superman or Spider-Man. Batman or Wonder Woman. Maybe cheap, cheesy horror stories, pirate adventures, or some other muscle-bound, spandex-clad crusader whose first response is a strong punch. You’re probably not thinking about your classroom right now. You should be. Comics in Culture A recent explosion […]