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We are not amused — yet! (by Mitch Sisskind)
I ran into Pete Smigelski the other day and he looked better than he has in years! When I asked how his writing was going, Pete pulled out the photo on the left. Pete:…
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A Mountain of Poetry (by David Yezzi)
The new Parnassus: Poetry in Review, edited by Herbert Leibowitz and Ben Downing, is finally out. (Supposedly a semiannual, it’s more like a biannual!) The thing is massive. It’s almost 700 pages, and it’s…
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The Knights of the Round Table (Part Two)
The Marriage of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere * King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Part Two) T. S. Eliot paid Tennyson a decidedly left-handed compliment when…
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Who is this man? The Answer
Giorgio de Chirico – Italian painter, writer, theatre designer, sculptor and printmaker. De Chirico was one of the originators of Pittura Metafisica. His paintings are characterized by a visionary, poetic use of imagery, in…
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Subway Sketches (by David Yezzi)
So I’m riding the train to work this morning, and I have to say: the subway can be a wonderful place sometimes. I’m surrounded by people, but I don’t need to make conversation (in…
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This Week’s Guest Blogger
For those of you joining us for the first time, our guest blogger this week is David Yezzi. David Yezzi has published three volumes of poetry, most recently, Azores (Swallow Press, 2008). His poems…
