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  • A Day Saved by Poetry (by Nin Andrews)

    September 30, 2018

    Ever since Trump was elected, I have been trying out variations on the serenity prayer—God, grant me the serenity to accept that Trump is President and the wisdom not to go insane . .…

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  • Espèce de machine/Machine species [by Tracy Danison]

    September 29, 2018

    Quand elle sera, elle aussi, aussi fluide que cette eau, Et elle aura, elle, le geste de cette fille, sur le banc, celle-là,  Qui hoche la tête, qui parle, chuchote presque. A sa sœur ? …

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  • “The Language” [by Robert Creeley]

    September 27, 2018

      Locate Ilove you some-where in teeth andeyes, biteit but take care notto hurt, youwant so much solittle.  Wordssay everything. Ilove youagain, then whatis emptinessfor.  To fill, fill.I heard wordsand words full of holesaching. …

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  • Next Line, Please: Let the Names Begins [by Virginia Valenzuela]

    September 27, 2018

    Poems for this week were inspired by either our own names or the name of someone we admire, coming out in acrostic form. There were a great many poems, furthering David's tried and true…

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  • On the moving of wishes and sense: a night at the opera [by Tracy Danison]

    September 26, 2018

    Photo © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris Crystal Pite "Season’s Canon" is brilliant, a combination of dance professionalism and choreography that always lines up with the underlying sense of the piece “It…

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  • Gershwin Medley (on George’s birthday, with Vic Damone)

    September 26, 2018

       

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