Archive for January, 2011
Friday, January 21st, 2011
“Breakfast” by John Paul O’Connor
John Paul O’Connor BREAKFAST When you were born I was eating a plate of eggs and potatoes in a café called the Cupboard, five blocks from the room where your mother and I conceived you, admittedly an accident of desire, in the middle of the night, wakened out of sleep, letting our bodies’ clockwork lead [...]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011
THE GLASS BOOK by Valerie Fox
Review by Lynn Levin THE GLASS BOOK by Valerie Fox Texture Press 1108 Westbrooke Terrace Norman, OK 73072 ISBN 13 978-0-9797573-8-9 2010, 81 pages, $14.00 www.texturepress.org As a reader and a writer, I have been striving to liberate myself from the literal, the grounded, and the logical. Toward this end, I’ve been exploring experimental poetry, [...]
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
“Ears” by Miller Oberman
Miller Oberman EARS Days like this, I hate to admit I remind myself of my father, who used to wake me, school days, five minutes before my alarm buzzed, saying, Well, it’s another beautiful day. How despicable I found his enthusiasm as I dragged on my blacks and went to high school. It was all [...]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
“When My Sister Cut French Class” by Terry Martin
Terry Martin WHEN MY SISTER CUT FRENCH CLASS She dreamed herself wearing a red beret sipping cappuccino in a Paris café, speaking the most beautiful language in the world with ease and grace— How are you? That’s a nice hat. What time is it? I’d like some cheese, please— but when my sister cut French [...]
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
“Happiness” by Ann Floreen Niedringhaus
Ann Floreen Niedringhaus HAPPINESS When I visited poor families in El Salvador, I was surprised they seemed as content as I was. Poet Jane Kenyon wrote, there’s no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal. Jesus didn’t talk about happiness. Blessed is the most accurate translation for the first word [...]
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Sunday, January 16th, 2011
“Rules for Poetry” by Rick Lupert
Rick Lupert RULES FOR POETRY Never use adjectives unless you’re trying to describe something and you don’t want to do it the hard way. Never use the word “forever.” It reminds people they’re going to die and the last thing you need is people distracted by their mortality during your poem. Write what you know [...]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2011
THE WONDERFULL YEARE by Nate Pritts
Review by Bill Neumire THE WONDERFULL YEARE by Nate Pritts Cooper Dillon Books San Diego, CA ISBN 9780984192823 2010, 74 pp., $14.00 www.cooperdillon.com Recently, I checked out the new press, Cooper Dillon Books, and, after some perusal, I purchased Nate Pritts’ third collection, The Wonderfull Yeare. Why did I choose this title? Well, I found [...]
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Friday, January 14th, 2011
“Comet Hyakutake” by Kent Newkirk
Kent Newkirk COMET HYAKUTAKE I am a tourist. I get lost. I think maps are for the witless who think they know where anyone is going. I wear Hawaiian shirts in Paris, and stand by the principle that suntan lotion is for mortals who burn. For guidance, I take solace from Socrates, who said, “I [...]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2011
“You’re 39, Not Yet a Man” by Jacob Newberry
Jacob Newberry YOU’RE 39, NOT YET A MAN In Belgrade you’re the first faggot I’ve met in maybe a year who admits it, however quietly, though it takes you two days, and I regret having shared my truth with you so loosely. It’s like the old saying, that which is revealed easily can not be [...]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
“All Dressed in Green” by Peter Krass
Peter Krass ALL DRESSED IN GREEN In the latest issue of Quagmire I find 7 new poems by Billy Collins. In the new Kiss My Quarterly, 12 poems by Billy Collins. Coming soon in Broken Meter, 18 poems by Billy Collins. On NPR radio, Billy Collins reads “Wish I’d Written That.” In my sleep, Billy [...]
