Tag: Libra
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* containing with edward hirsch & some news
I remember reading this week’s poem – “Special Orders” by Edward Hirsch – in a Borders back in 2008 when his book (of the same name) came out. Reading through the book, I marveled at Hirsch’s ability to navigate rich emotional territory through an engaging line. His ability to stack various worlds (work, memory, the…
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* the 200th post: a cento
Well, it had to happen: we’ve reached the 200th post on this blog! To celebrate, I decided to create a cento – a patchwork poem made by selecting lines from other people’s poems to create a singular poem (citing one’s sources, of course) – by going through all the posts published since I started this…
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* My Writing Process Blog Tour!
Happy Monday, y’all! I’ve been invited to participate in the My Writing Process: Blog Tour by poet extraordinaire, Lisa Ampleman. Here’s some info on Lisa: Lisa Ampleman is the author of a book of poetry, Full Cry (NFSPS Press, 2013), and a chapbook, I’ve Been Collecting This to Tell You (Kent State University Press, 2012). Her poems have appeared…
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* an apologetic annotated anatomy of a reading
This past Tuesday night I had the pleasure of taking part in Pretty Owl Poetry’s Online Reading Series. The reading/interview was conducted through Google+ and was a blast despite a few technical difficulties. Because of the nature of the interview – specifically the part in which I am given permission to ramble and bumble in…
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* old friends from Australia
The above book and treats arrived yesterday from my friend in Australia, Catherine Baab-Muguira – poet/novelist/and overall amazing person. She has been kind enough to send along the book Poser by Claire Dederer across many miles between continents because a good book should travel far in so many senses of that phrase. Those are also chocolate…
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* living, dreaming & apples
Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it. — Antonio Machado I look at this quote and see much of the poetic craft summed up in it. There is the living of everyday life – work, chores, relationships, food, tying your shoelaces – all the things that make up routine, the background…
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* Fanny Howe & the friday influence
(poem from Robeson Street) – Fanny Howe Pushing children in plaid & silver prams us mothers were dumpy, hunched in the damp and our redlipped infants sucked on their strange fingers …
The Friday Influence 