Tag: Charles Simic
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anting with Charles Simic
A lot of what makes poetry work is accumulation of meaning and possibility. In this week’s poem, “Solitude” by Charles Simic, the meaning begins with the phrase “first crumb” and how a crumb’s insignificance is gestured at before being subverted in the rest of the poem. It’s a move similar to starting zoomed out on […]
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earing with charles simic
Happy to report that things are moving along with the, uhm, move to McMinnville. We’re situated in a new home and are piecing together who we are from what we have been — which is to say that all our stuff is here, but not fully organized. As time has been slipping past me during […]
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* stepping into the river with Charles Simic
The stone is a mirror which works poorly. Nothing in it but dimness. Your dimness or its dimness, who’s to say? In the hush your heart sounds like a black cricket. Charles Simic Since I quoted the man last week in regards to the prose poem, I thought I would share some of Charles Simic’s […]
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* what a poem does & Russell Edson
What makes them poems is that they are self-contained, and once you read one you have to go back and start reading it again. That’s what a poem does. (Charles Simic) Charles Simic said the above in regards to his own collection, The World Doesn’t End, which consists of a series of prose poems. I love […]
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* quote for the weekend
“He who cannot howl will not find his pack.” – Charles Simic *** I consider this blog part of my howl. Thank you for reading. J
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* an admission and the friday influence
Watermelons – Charles Simic * Green Buddhas on the fruit stand. We eat the smiles and spit out the teeth. *** So, I’m going to come clean and admit that I’m a geek about astrology. I don’t swear by it but I do check my horoscope daily and find my chart to be an interesting […]
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* a focus and a start
(winter morning by the Sandia Mountains) in the distance the peaks speak (J) ***** The phrase sensitivity to language that I have used in previous posts stems from an interview with Charles Simic in which, discussing the practice of writing everyday, he notes that by doing so one maintains “a certain sensitivity to […]
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