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A Particular and Peculiar Pair
Neil Hennessy has produced a gif(t) set worthy of displaying on the same page. Puddle Paddle They have popped up in a number of places (in the past in the Coach House Books archive) persisting at deluxe rubber chicken #2 … Continue reading
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Wry: using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor
I have always gone through the mental motions of ducking when I finally unscramble the title of Rita Mae Brown’s book of poetry: The Hand That Cradles the Rock. Relish the irreverence of “The Great Pussblossom” is lobbed to the … Continue reading
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Homophobic Impotence
Righteous indignation with a hook. (from Home Coming). Let’s set the stage. Don L. Lee in the intro: “are no trees in Harlem or on the westside of Chicago. The only use/beauty she/we see in a tree, at this time … Continue reading
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All Shapes and Sizes
It was Hilary Clare (formerly C.M. Donald) who introduced me to fat liberation. I have in my library a copy of The Fat Woman Measures Up. I also have a gift — a laminated poster of Obélix sporting a gay … Continue reading
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Mind Leaps to Spryness
Richard Ronan. A Lamp of Small Sorrow: Four Fu Poems. Lucian Stryk in the preface concludes But what impresses me most about A Lamp of Small Sorrow is not so much its closeness to Taoism or Zen, though the closeness … Continue reading
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The Spryness Leaps to Mind
Richard Ronan. Buddha’s Kisses. The poem “Gacela” opens with the figure of Lorca contemplating death and “the boy”. By means of repeated words and short lines the poem builds image of a heart beat and a vast openness… […] and … Continue reading
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Scholarship and Cosmos
From nine first lines The light foot hears you at the edge Thickened light and liquid earth Grail quests in times of plague Instabilities of interminable Fiery inclinations toward obscure Indications of ripened peaches The light at the end of … Continue reading
Awe-filled and Awake
Michael Redhill in Light-crossing offers a suite of poems that reflect upon the reflective figure of the father. while that roil of stars and darkeness coalesced to you, who arrived, surprisingly. Grey, wet, sweating nutrient, quick to suck. Math-loving atoms, … Continue reading
Writing the Line
Steno pads sometimes get buried in the book shelf which results in an asynchronous dialogue between entries distanced in time. For example, this entry from 2001 is revisited in 2002. 13/03/01 Rumi has a line about being the moisture in … Continue reading