Tag: short lyric poems
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* reading from The Divorce Suite!
September ended up being such a busy month that I never got around to sharing more excerpts from The Divorce Suite (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2016). Luckily, a recent outing to the Spring Grove Cemetery provided a nice background and inspiration for a reading. Below are the poems “Gift” and “The Accordion Heart” along with a clip of my…
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* two poems at The Boiler Journal!
Just a quick post to announce the release of the latest issue of The Boiler Journal which features two poems from a manuscript-in-progress. Read them here. “Forging” and “The Broken Escalator at the Train Platform” both come from my years living in New Jersey/New York when I would commute to work and grad school. This…
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* autumning with jane hirshfield
Oyes en medio del otoño detonaciones amarillas? (In the middle of autumn do you hear yellow explosions?) — Pablo Neruda, The Book of Questions * Neruda’s lines above evoke a pleasing moment of synesthesia, blurring the sight of yellow leaves with the sound of explosions. As the season changes, I can’t help but see such blurred…
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* new post @ North American Review blog!
Just a quick note to share a post I did for the North American Review blog. The post, “Happiness and the Tough Stuff,” has me sharing some background about my poem “Stitched” which was published in the Summer 2016 issue of NAR (I have provided the poem below for reference). “Stitched” will be in my second…
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* new review at The Volta Blog!
Just a quick note to share the publication of my review of This Visit by Susan Lewis. Check it out at The Volta Blog! Here’s a link to “Dear Dear” (published at Ink Node) a poem from the second section of This Visit. To find out more about Susan’s work, check out the poet’s site. Happy Dear-ing!…
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* “the pure / holy of instinct”: elizabeth acevedo
I agree with those who hold that one of poetry’s major ambitions should be to refresh the language. Through engagement and interrogation of words shared in common, poems can bring us closer to meaning what we mean. An example of the kind of interrogation I mean is evident in this week’s poem from fellow CantoMundo poet…
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* new CR blog microreview & interview!
Just a quick post to announce that my latest microreview & interview for the Cincinnati Review blog is up! This time around, I do a close reading of moments from A. Molotkov’s upcoming collection, The Catalog of Broken Things (Airlie Press). A. Molotkov edits The Inflectionist Review along with John Sibley Williams. Find out more about A.…
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* elsewhere with amy gerstler
I don’t remember when exactly I learned the word “engrossed” but it quickly became associated with the act of reading. When I worked at bookstores, engrossed is what people became when they found themselves not just leafing through but reading a book. All small talk and random gazing ceased; all thoughts of good posture…
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* microreview & interview: emily pérez
For this TFI microreview & intetrview, I present close readings of two poems from fellow CantoMundista Emily Pérez’s collection, House of Sugar, House of Stone, as well as share some insights from the poet in their own words. * To the Artist’s Child – Emily Pérez Sweet unwanted one: seek out a new address. Like the squirrel…
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* (un)locking with john sibley williams
I was recently asked to participate in an experiment of sorts in promotion of poet John Sibley Williams’ latest collection, Disinheritance (Apprentice House Press). John has asked fellow poets to record readings of their favorite poems from the new collection, all with an eye/ear towards how other poets interpret and perform the work. I found the concept…
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