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The Two Kinds of Poets [by Adrienne Su]
I have an informal, untested theory that when it comes to sustenance while writing, there are two kinds of poets: coffee poets and food poets. Coffee poets (who in some cases could be considered…
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“Evening Prayer” [by Arthur Rimbaud; trans. Bill Zavatsky]
I live sitting down, like an angel held by a barber,Clutching a deeply fluted mug,Stomach and neck arched, a BriarIn my teeth, under air swollen by sails no one can touch. Like the…
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Everything in Its Place [by Adrienne Su]
Poet and memoirist Sandra Beasley cooks differently depending on whether she’s writing poetry or prose: “I’m a tremendous fan of mise en place; one of my favorite wedding gifts was a stack of glass…
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Without Restaurants [by Adrienne Su]
Poet Faith Shearin reports from sheltering-in-place in Massachusetts: “We are cooking a ton because even the carry out in Amherst and Northampton has shut down. I miss restaurants more than I can say. I…
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“After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It” [with Marilyn Monroe]
On Marilyn Monroe’s Birthday On Marilyn Monroe’s birthday I haveto catch my breath runningas a receiver catches a football,shakes off tacklers, glides downthe sidelines to the end zone asthe game clock runs out orlike…
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Adrienne Su, Guest Author June 1-5
photo © Guy Freeman This week we welcome Adrienne Su as our guest author. Adrienne is Professor of Creative Writing and Poet-in-Residence at Dickinson College, in Pennsylvania. Her fifth collection of poems, Peach State,…
