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“Poem in the Manner of E. D.” [by Billy Collins]
Eternity—is a Neighbor’s plot— Sleeping in one Trench– a Wish— Bisected by the Plow—then Doubt— The Sun—a peering Dish. My Apron–holds the Horizon— And in my Eye—a Globe— Then Corn– a tall Procession–…
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“Because I am involved in mankind” Join the campaign to help poet Doug Lang
This comes to us from poet Bernard Welt via Terence Winch: [O]ur friend and colleague Doug Lang faces serious medical issues, and his expenses exceed his resources—as so often is the case with those…
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The Braille Flowers of Remote Perfume: Dante Di Stefano Reviews Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s What Blooms in Winter and David Lehman’s Poems in the Manner Of
Poems in the Manner OfDavid LehmanScribner Poetry, 2017 What Blooms in WinterMaria Mazziotti GillanNYQ Books, 2016 At first glance, Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s new collection of poetry, What Blooms in Winter, has little in common…
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Fillon, Macron, Hamon, Le Pen &cetera: la politique millénaire de la France
None of those boys know the first thing about your fantasy/And if they try they cannot do it just like me – “Come Get It Bae”, Pharrell Williams Trying to break the ice, I…
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“Night on the Town” [by Billy Collins]
There will never be another you, softly crooned the singing star, and there will never be another me, muttered the poet alone at the bar. — Billy Collins
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Pure image, sublime connection and a cosmopolitan tradition: Véronique Nérou [by Paul Tracy Danison]
The Bistro Le Bal perdu, where the arts have the chair, Bagnolet, France Painter Véronique Nérou’s Paris galleries include Le Coin des Arts, Art Aujourd'hui and Peinture Fraiche. She can also be contacted through…