Tag: Philip Levine

• * some words from Ram Dass & the friday influence

  This week on the Influence: some words from world renown American spiritual teacher Ram Dass! But first, a confession: there isn’t much that I read - be it novels, essays, cereal boxes, texts, etc. - that doesn’t get filtered through my how-does-can-this-relate-to-poetry filter. I read everything with eyes looking for a symbol, a metaphor, or simply […]

  José Angel Araguz

  February 1, 2013

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• * Phil Levine & the friday influence

  This week on the Influence: Philip Levine. When I read the following poem to Ani she picked up on something I did not when I first read it four years earlier: that it takes place in Spain. This makes sense seeing as Phil Levine has spent much time in Spain and written often on the […]

  José Angel Araguz

  January 18, 2013

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