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Molly Peacock Introduces the Mighty Website RPO
Rather than throwing more names of Canadian poets at American readers, I'm going to let you in on the mighty website that is a fabulous cache of poetry and commentary on poetry, Representative Poetry…
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John Updike at 40 (by Jenny Factor)
Four weeks from tonight, if I catapult over some few tiny remaining hurdles (two short reports, an interview, and a scary party—in fact, even if I don’t jump the hurdles), one way or the…
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Haiku Exchange # 9 [Shapiro and Lehman]
An Old Dispute; I agree (and disagree) Date: 1/27/2003 8:25:35 PM Eastern Standard Time Well, David Lehman,it's an old dispute betweenLi Po — Tu Fu– Scene: O Tu Fu says Liyou're suffering poetry–My…
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“The Singles Scene” [by Ernest Hilbert]
The Singles Scene As a girl, she had an odd assortmentOf dolls, all missing their partners and mates:Cher with no Sonny, two Charlie’s Angels.Her strange daydreams all centered on absentFriends, a Ken doll, spiffed…
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Old Man Winter [Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Have we considered that Shakespeare’s sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” was written for a winter’s day? It depends what one calls lovely and what kind of temperament you woke up…
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The Homekid and the Prodigal: Molly Peacock on CanBrit and AmCan Poems
It strikes me that there can be an unabashedly strong link between Canadian poetry and the muscular vigor of certain British poets. Think Simon Armitage. I see this in a number of the…
