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Paris in the summer, when it sizzles
From the Hotel Montalembert on the rue du Bac you can see the Tour Eiffel. But what is the domed building in the left background? It looks like the Pantheon, but it can't be,…
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What’s Happening to Poetry at “The Paris Review”?
There's been an editorial change at The Paris Review — and a good deal of controversy attending the new editors' decision to reject previously accepted poems that had not yet appeared in print. The…
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“If I can’t have you” [by David Shapiro]
"If I can't have you" I don't want a districtI don't want a district attorneylike JobI don't want to get along get awayget beyond get togethergeyser and geyserite If I can't have youget obtain…
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What Can Kill You [by Lera Auerbach]
WHAT CAN KILL YOU No,indifferenceis notthe worst of it,and it doesn’t equate with loneliness.After allyou chooseyour feelings,even thoughit doesn’t seemlike a choice.No, it’s notyour sloppy senseof direction,alienating attitudesor unbearable shyness,which is, in fact,bearable,it is…
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“Desire Lines” [by David Shapiro]
David Shapiro describes the following as "a poem I received in a dream once. I couldn't believe I could rhyme in a dream! It was supposedly a popular rock song (in the dream!)" Desire…
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Shall We Dance?
Were it not for Top Hat and Swing Time,Shall We Dance would be my favorite of the Astaire-Rogers movies. The plot is as wonderfully ludicrous as a Shakespeare comedy, full of misunderstandings and…
