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Some Haiku (by Basho)
The frog at the edge of the pond sits, poised to leap. All’s quiet. Then: splash! The butterfly dipsits wings in aroma ofgorgeous wild orchid. First you see the pond.Then you hear the belching…
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America’s “dry bob” (by Mitch Sisskind)
"Dry bob" is often associated with George Gordon, Lord Byron, who in Don Juan satirically linked the term to Robert Southey. But in fact "dry bob" existed well before Byron. It refers to "male…
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“She tied him to a kitchen chair…” (by Mitch Sisskind)
Some interpretations of Leonard Cohen’s song "Hallelujah," including a really great one by Leonard Cohen himself. "Age cannot wither him, etc…." (Why do people think this song belongs to Jeff Buckley? Because he sang…
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Tool Talk: On Vantage Point (by Jenny Factor)
“A good photograph is knowing where to stand” Ansel Adams During our June residency at Antioch University Los Angeles, poet Carol Potter spoke about how poets can benefit from the techniques of fiction. Potter’s…
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Thursday, a new day [by Vincent Katz]
Here we are again. A fresh start. The sounds of morning. The sounds of children, endlessly fulfilling, except the sounds of sad, bothered children. I wake up thinking about words. I am interested in…
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“Post Time” [by David Lehman]
Post Time One clock of agony one cocked one’s gun. One ran while the other clocked his run. One man one woman: thy will be done, and she be true though not to you,…
