See, this is what I mean when I say that the Baby Boomer generation screwed up America. When I made that comment on Ron Silliman’s blog a few days ago, one member of that generation asked me, before he drifted off into the bleachers of the lone baseball field in la-la land, how I could [...]
Today has been a day to live and die by. Got up at 5:45 and picked up my stepdaughter from work. By 8 a.m. I was in a strawberry patch sweating my family jewels tart. In one hour, Leah, my wife, and I picked 31 quarts of strawberries. We amazed the owner of the vineyard [...]
Put a poem in your pocket (or pull one out).
Read these litmag reviews.
Poetic pugilism: Bob Creeley vs. Yusef Komunyakaa.
Damn!
Ashberry’s hound.
Future bookstores – a serious threat?
Why go to university?
Whitman’s throbbing, flowing, pulsating human voice.
The Harlem Renaissance in Kalamazoo.
Poetry with juvenile qualities.
Did you write a poem today?
(Source) “Split this Rock calls poets to a greater role in public life and fosters a national community of activist poets. The festival will feature readings, workshops, panel discussions on poetry and social change, youth programming, films, parties, walking tours, and activism, while we debate and assess the public role of the poet and the [...]