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from “A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day” [by John Donne, 1572-1631]
You lovers, for whose sake the lesser sun At this time to the Goat is run To fetch new lust, and give it you, Enjoy your summer all; Since she enjoys her long…
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Squibs 343-352 [by Alan Ziegler]
343: Darkness falls but stops just short of my shoes, so I dance home, light on my feet. 344: One night Greenwich Village early-1960s Fat Black Pussycat, Tiny Tim opens for Richie Havens.…
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Susan Spotless [by Denise Duhamel]
An Indian canoes a river, the industrial skyline behind him puffing toxic smoke. He kneels, his hands changing paddles, and spots a floating piece of newsprint as accusatory music speeds up. The fringe sways…
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Photographer Benoîte Fanton’s dance vision: Get on up, hold on! [by Tracy Danison]
"L'Arène", from Don Quichotte de Trocadéro: Choreographer: Jose Montalvo/Performers: Sandra Mercky, Patrice Thibaud/Venue:Théâtre National de Chaillot, 2013 Monsieur Loyal commente la ballerine s’évente et pique la piste en vrille rouge banderille …
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“The Clock,” a prose poem by Charles Baudelaire [trans. David Lehman]
The Clock – for a lady How do the Chinese tell time? By looking at the eyes of theircats. Here’s how. A lost missionary, afoot in a sleepy suburb of Nankin, hadforgotten his watch…
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“Job Interview” [by William Matthews]
Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch’s wifeHe would have written sonnets all his life?DON JUAN, III, 63-4 “Where do you see yourself five years from now?”the eldest male member (or is “male member”a…
