Tag: moon
-
* moody mooning with stafford & gilbert
If you were a scientist, if you were an explorer who had been to the moon. . . What you said would have the force of that accumulated background of information; and any mumbles, mistakes, dithering, could be forgiven . . . But a poet – whatever you are saying, and however you are saying…
-
* moon tidings via kathleen jamie
First, a bit of news: the new issue of RHINO Poetry is available for purchase! Check out my poem “Joe” – selected for the 2015 Editor’s Prize – here as well as selections of other fine work in issue here. Thank you to everyone at RHINO for their support! *** This weekend brings with it a total…
-
* beyond mockery with philip larkin
Shared some of Philip Larkin’s work with students this week. I see him as a good example of playing content rebelliously while within formal structures. In the poem below, one can see what I mean in these lines about the moon: Lozenge of love! Medallion of art! O wolves of memory! Immensements! There’s something beyond…
-
* prose poem buzz & Max Jacob
Poem of the Moon There are upon the night three mushrooms that are the moon. As brusquely as the cuckoo sings from a clock, they rearrange themselves at midnight each month. There are in the garden rare flowers that are small sleeping men, one-hundred of them. They are reflections from a mirror. There is in…
The Friday Influence 