Archive for December, 2009
Monday, December 21st, 2009
“For Aunt Louise, Who Never Liked Me” by Randy Blythe
Randy Blythe FOR AUNT LOUISE,WHO NEVER LIKED ME Some days when she was working in the garden, she liked everything. July afternoons, with the tomatoes weeded and the light just right, she could convince herself she loved everything and maybe things were the way they were supposed to be, looking through the apple orchard for [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Poems by Megan
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
STONERS AND SELF-APPOINTED SAINTS by Annie La Ganga
Review by Ross Losapio STONERS AND SELF-APPOINTED SAINTS by Annie La Ganga Red Hen Press P.O. Box 3537 Granada Hills, CA 91394 ISBN 978-1-59709-155-8 2009, 73 pp., $15.95 www.redhenpress.org I’ve seen it, I’ve seen all this before. I’ve met monsters, hell, I took them camping and out for frozen yogurt on the way home. (“The [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in E-Reviews by Megan
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
“Ars Poetica” by Grace Ocasio
Grace Ocasio ARS POETICA They laughed when I asked for pancetta, those grocery store clerks. I don’t care. It’s better to be chic than to lie in some bland corner of a room, wilting and frumpy. What do I care for the woman who never dares to wear a houndstooth jacket? It’s up to us [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Audio,Poems,Tributes by Timothy Green
Friday, December 18th, 2009
“Through the Invisible Cloak…” by Susan B.A. Somers-Willett
Susan B. A. Somers-Willett THROUGH THE INVISIBLE CLOAK: SOME PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES OF BEING A WHITE READER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY I teach college courses in poetry and poetics, which means that twice a year, I have to drop off materials for my course packets at my local copy shop. Last semester, the white employee [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Essays,Tributes by Megan
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
“Elevator” by Andrew Kozma
Andrew Kozma ELEVATOR Similarly, when the writer Leonid Plyushch was confined to a psychiatric hospital, and his wife asked what symptoms in her husband required treatment, the attending physician replied: “His views and convictions.” —J. M. Coetzee, Giving Offense They are taking you somewhere you don’t want to go. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Audio,Poems by Timothy Green
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
“Sound-Part 1 (Girl With Red Scarf)” by Yona Harvey
Yona Harvey SOUND—PART 1 (GIRL WITH RED SCARF) There was a girl with a red scarf, a girl with a white scarf, a girl with a pink scarf, & a girl with a scarf of pale pale blue. & when, from a corner of earth, far from where the girls were born, & far from [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Poems,Tributes by Megan
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
THIS NEST, SWIFT PASSERINE by Dan Beachy-Quick
Review by Eric Anderson THIS NEST, SWIFT PASSERINE by Dan Beachy-Quick Tupelo Press The Eclipse Mill, Loft 305 PO Box 1767 North Adams, MA 01247 ISBN 978-1932195606 2009, 72 pp., $16.95 www.tupelopress.org In dynamics theory, turbulence is the term used for unpredictable motion. While it is often associated with fluid, turbulence can also represent the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in E-Reviews by Megan
Monday, December 14th, 2009
“What the Dead Tell Us About Charon, Ferryman of the Dead” by Brett Ortler
Brett Ortler WHAT THE DEAD TELL US ABOUT CHARON, THE FERRYMAN OF THE DEAD Charon is in a hurry, if you can imagine it, revving the engine of his outboard motor with one hand and pulling passengers in with the other, the boat leaning towards water and righting itself as each steps in and is [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Audio,Poems by Timothy Green
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
“Today She Bought the Hideous Tie They Will Bury Me In” by Patrick Carrington
Patrick Carrington TODAY SHE BOUGHT THE HIDEOUS TIE THEY WILL BURY ME IN My wife and I changed our minds today, began buying Christmas presents again for people over 4 feet tall. The contemplation of death moved us out of that stony-hearted town. I even sprung for a nativity set and snow globe of angels [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Poems by Megan
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
From “The Telly Cycle” by Toi Derricotte
Toi Derricotte from THE TELLY CYCLE Joy is an act of resistance For Telly the fish Telly’s favorite artist was Alice Neel. When he first came to my house, I propped up her bright yellow shade with open window and a vase of flowers (post card size) behind his first fish bowl. I thought it [...]
