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American Pool or Canadian Lake: Molly Peacock on Poets’ Approaches
Can I put my finger on the difference between the Canadian and the American approach to writing a poem? Let's try a water analogy. Think of poetry as a swimming pool. The Canadian poet…
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“Fortunate Ones” [by Ernest Hilbert]
Fortunate Ones You will inherit large sums of money(But someone dear to you will have to die first).You will travel far and see the wide world(And load yourself with debt; these things aren’t free).You…
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Best American Meets the Best Canadian – Picks by Molly Peacock
As a dual citizen of both the United States and Canada, and as a poet who publishes in both, I play a constant compare and contrast game as I navigate between the two literary…
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Molly Peacock, Guest Blogger January 25-31
This week we welcome Molly Peacock as our guest blogger. She is the author of several volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush (Norton, 2008) and Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems (Norton, 2004). She…
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“Dusk in a Crowded Train Compartment, Regretting My Life” [by Ernest Hilbert]
Dusk in a Crowded Train Compartment, Regretting My Life I stayed up two days straight with some old friendsIn New York, and was charred, gut sick, still wiredStuck on the Northeast Corridor Express,Suffering quietly…
