Meditation 77
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26 June 2020
Is this word sacred, or that? That word or this? Or is it a diplomat from
the sacred, grounded in half a war zone, as if quarantine signed a...
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https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-protests-676-teargas-mayor-jim-kenney-danielle-outlaw-20200625.htmlPhiladelphia's
mayor and police commissioner c...
Harry Crosby Day!
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Yes, today’s the anniversary of Harry Crosby’s birth (June 4, 1898). He’d
be 122. He died in 1929, age 31, alas (and alas) by his own hand in a
double...
The Year in Poetry, 2019
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A thanks to the poets whose work I had a chance to hear in Portland in
*2019*:
*Akant*, Sara Deniz
*Alexander*, Will
*Ali*, Kazim
*Armantrout*, Rae
*Ashby...
“Not wholly useless, though no longer used”
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One of his last poems, published posthumously. Longfellow was never one for
violent contention so I find it hard to take his analogy too seriously, but
the...
Border Poetry
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My 13th post at the Harriet Blog:
[Artemio Rodriguez, linocut]
In 2006, I spent two of the best months of my life in Marfa, Texas, thanks
to a residency f...
The Joys of Linguistic Faux Pas
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The other night at dinner at Beach Sucos, a regular spot, I was happy to be
handed the menu in Portuguese rather than English, as I always relish being
mis...
OVERBOARD: Resurrection!
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Hooray! Huzzah!
Overboard is back in print thanks to Antonia Pinter & Patricia No at Publication
Studio Portland. Gorgeous cover art by Colter Jacobsen.
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Hip Hop Christmas: a Poem
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The boy lay in the manger
His name was Danger
No, his name was Danger C. --
He had a little Pee Pee
And was cranky
He didn't turn up-- from no hanky pan...
New Video
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This past week, I showed a new video piece at the &Now Festival of Innovate
Writing in Boulder, CO, at a panel with some of my favorite
writers/friends. Th...
Field Report on The Next Big Thing
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Thank you Steven Karl and Christopher Kondrich for tagging me for The NEXT
BIG THING. Here's the interview with myself.
What is the working title of the bo...
The Next Big Thing: Divya Victor
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*What is the working title of the book?*
*Things To Do With Your Mouth* is the title. Les Figues is the publisher.
*Who or what inspired you to write...
Hey! Update your links!!
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Lemon Hound has a whole new life...see Volume 2 and keep checking back:
more content added weekly. VOLUME 2* SAY DEMOCRATIC POETRY FOR ME POETRY
Jonathan ...
*hot off the presses*
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SMALL TOWN, X ... the press out of San Francisco Logan Ryan Smith, esq.
Jess Mynes (western, ma)
Susana Gardner (switzerland)
Gina Myers (brooklyn)
K. Lorra...
H.D.'s "Helen"
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Ron discusses H.D.'s short poem "Helen" today. It's interesting to hear the
perspective of a poet coming across this piece for the first time, as he
is; ...