Archive for January, 2009
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
“I Am Anything” by Ruth Bavetta
RUTH BAVETTA: “I’ve been a visual artist longer than I’ve been a poet. For years I tried to find a way to integrate my art and my words. It wasn’t until 2005 that they came together when I started to work on the pages of old books, mostly with watercolors and inks, carving poems from [...]
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
WE MEET and THE WALKING-AWAY WORLD by Kenneth Patchen
Review by John Cunningham
1 Comment » - Posted in E-Reviews by Megan
Friday, January 9th, 2009
“To Be Alive” by Gregory Orr and Trisha Orr
TRISHA ORR: “These paintings were generated in response to an invitation to collaborate with my husband, the poet Gregory Orr, for an exhibit entitled ‘Love Letter Invitational’ at the Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, Virginia. The exhibit consisted of collaborative works done by writers and artists on the subject of ‘love.’ Greg and I had [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Poems,Tributes by Timothy Green
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
“Advice Given to Me Before My Wedding” by Jeannine Hall Gailey
Jeannine Hall Gailey ADVICE GIVEN TO ME BEFORE MY WEDDING Better to be the lover than the beloved, you’ll have passion. Better to be the beloved, a sure thing, a lifetime of that. He is more beautiful but you, you have more power. Which is to say, you are just like your brother. Lift your [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Audio,Poems by Timothy Green
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
from “Wolfe” by Donald Mace Williams
Donald Mace Williams WOLFE Tha com of more under misthleoþum Grendel gongan, Godes yrre bær. —Beowulf (Then came from the moor under the mist-cliffs Grendel stalking, God’s ire he bore.) When he arrived at the cave or den, the hunter took a short candle in one hand, his six-shooter in the other, wiggled into the [...]
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
“Things Rich and Multiple and Alone” by Bob Hicok
Bob Hicok THINGS RICH AND MULTIPLE AND ALONE The litany goes on. First your hair in the toilet bowl casts a shadow on the bottom that resembles bacteria under the microscope at Livonia Stevenson, then there’s mice in the wall. These are pearls, he says to me, meaning the days I think, that I have [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Awards,Poems by Timothy Green
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Received for Review in December
Once again, here’s how our review process works: If you’d like to review any of these books (or any from the full list), let us know, and we’ll mail it to you. Write a review of at least 600 words, and if we publish it, we’ll also send you the current copy or any back [...]
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
ODALISQUE by Mark Salerno
Review by Maureen Alsop ODALISQUE by Mark Salerno Salt Publishing P.O. Box 937 Great Wilbraham Cambridge PDO CB21 5JX United Kingdom ISBN: 9787774 578737 56 pp., $14.95 www.saltpublishing.com Odalisque is the book to be read on a rainy night with a good bottle of Shiraz after being swept into the flickering black and white images [...]
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
“How to Write an Erotic Letter” by Anthony Farrington
Anthony Farrington HOW TO WRITE AN EROTIC LETTER You must empty yourself first. Erase everything you’ve written. If you’re naked, revise all your clothes back on. Anyway, they’re all you have. What matters is the taking them off. Begin with a title “Concerning insatiable carnal urges.” Attach a handwritten note that says, Keep your hair [...]
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
“The Johari Window” by Denise Duhamel
DENISE DUHAMEL: “I wrote a series of prose poems based on the principle of the ‘Johari Window,’ a psychological model used in assessing self-actualization. The four prose poems reflect the ‘windows’ of the self: what the self freely shares with others; what the self hides from others; what others hide from the self; and what [...]
