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Poets and Writers – WTF???
I've been involved in conducting and evaluating survey research for more than twenty years, ever since completing graduate work in regulatory economics with an emphasis on survey research design. I was dismayed that Poets…
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Doenjang Jjigae [by Loren Goodman]
SEOUL, Korea — October 21, 2009 Seoul. Homophonic city of dreams. And everything in Seoul ain't always what it seems. Too much, too much, too many people, too much! At least that's how…
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“Bibliomorphic” [by Jim Dolot]
Bibliomorphic Things that are shaped like books but are not booksAbound. One leaf opens over another.The folding-chairs are books manqués, no doubt,Though only when unfolded for the booths,And only such in this folding, defeated…
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Much Depends on Dinner: Cooking with Grace Cavalieri
With this post we inaugurate a new series to showcase poets who cook. We're delighted that Grace Cavalieri agreed to be our first contributor. Grace founded and produces "The Poet and the Poem," now…
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Gerry Spence, poet and lawyer: “Is there anyone I wouldn’t take as a client? Well, I’d never represent a banker.”
Wyoming attorney Gerry Spence (b. 1929) never lost a criminal case in more than fifty years. Though he's no Hoss Cartwright John Ashbery, you can read some of his poems and other work on…
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Time’s Wardrobe: Visiting the Mimi Ferzt Gallery (by Star Black)
I hadn't planned to go anywhere in New York. It was Sunday, September 27th. Monday was Yom Kippur and the city was quiet. I decided to walk downtown with my new camera and photograph…
