Tag: novels
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lyrical alignment: The Book of Unknown Americans
I haven’t shared one of my lyrical alignments in a while, so I’m excited to share this one. I’ve also gone ahead and created a new category for them on the side there, so one click can take you to my collective formal experimentations across the years. This week’s lyrical alignment comes from Cristina Henríquez’s…
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* sharing toys with Takuboku Ishikawa
Tanka are my sad toys. Takuboku Ishikawa Takuboku Ishikawa (1886 – 1912) said the above statement at the end of an essay, explaining how he approached the form with the intimacy of a diary. They were “sad” because he wrote them while unhappy – they were “toys” because they were useless to society. This outlook…
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* Louise Bogan, an update & the friday influence
Roman Fountain – Louise Bogan Up from the bronze, I saw Water without a flaw Rush to its rest in air, Reach to its rest, and fall. Bronze of the blackest shade, An element man-made, Shaping upright the bare Clear gouts of water in air. O, as with arm and hammer, Still it is good…
The Friday Influence 