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“The Humble Crafter” (for Paul Violi) [by Michael Quattrone]
The Humble Crafterfor Paul Violi I am thinking of you and the whimsical grace with which you lived and taught; the humor you enjoyed, imbued; the daily rumor of your wit; life’s confusion, its…
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“Of Self and Shadow” [by Molly Arden]
1. Molly is the only woman she knows who talks about herselfin the third person. She used to likepeople but now she's a misanthropewho has read Moliere. O, to be a famous recluse! 2. Molly…
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On Paul Violi’s Birthday: A Poem [by David Lehman]
Look for Remus in the index of a bookAnd you are bound to get “See Romulus”Which is perfectly logical but makes me wonderAbout indexes, or indices, and why I prefer the formerAs the plural…
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Amy Pickworth: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_________________________________________________________ The Ohio Poem So even after all this timewhen I see a dog that’s eager to biteI think of my darling angry boys of southeastern Ohioskinny…
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On Mayakovsky’s Birthday [from “The Cloud in Trousers” / English version by David Lehman]
On a January night in 2019 at the Russian Samovar in New York City, these lines from Mayakovsky's "Cloud in Trousers" were read aloud. If Vlad had been there, this is how he would…
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Kaveh Akbar Gets an Ace [by Ace Boggess]
A SENSE OF CONNECTION TO THE FAMILIAR (BUT STRANGE TO OTHERS) “Portrait of the Alcoholic, with Craving” by Kaveh Akbar http://bostonreview.net/poetry/NPM-2016-kaveh-akbar-portrait-alcoholic-craving We can’t all be doctors, lawyers, convicts, or carnies. But some of us…
