Tag: in memory
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in memory: Alfonso M. Gomez
Poetry’s ability to connect with us in essential ways cannot be stressed enough. This is a sentiment I share on a regular basis in my teaching and conversations with writers. As much as I repeat it, I can’t claim it. What I can claim is the evidence that fills my life and the connections my […]
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remembering W.S. Merwin
I’ve been absent from this space for about a month now. Lots of good, necessary upheaval in my life. The recent passing of W.S. Merwin has stirred me out of silence, however, not just here but in life. His work always inspires a kind of active silence in me, a listening that’s helped on and off […]
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celebrating okla elliott
In the Days of New Wonder - Okla Elliott Nikola Tesla watched a brown bear climb the persimmon tree and shake her snout at the sour bites she took. He nursed his sickness by an open window, seeing death in stellar signals. The brown bear climbed down and gamboled to Tesla’s darkened frame and snorted […]
The Friday Influence 