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Seeking the Feet, part 3 [by Kathleen Heil]
Martha Graham & Erik Hawkins. Photo: William Eugene Smith Dancing is an affirmation and assertion of our humanity. Here are five poems that translate dance experiences into poetry with verve and ingenuity: Ben Belitt, "Dance Piece":…
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For Autumn: Poems by Latino/a/xs: Carmen Gimenez Smith
GIRLFRIEND from Odalisque In Pieces by Carmen Giménez-Smith Versified, we took pills and ideals. The backlit of the hills' blue against the sky plus the creamy soignée element flared around us. Under dutiful…
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Seeking the Feet, part 2 [by Kathleen Heil]
Arthur Mitchell. Photo: Columbia University Archives History teaches. America is made great by the spirit and talent of people such as Arthur Mitchell. That spirit perseveres. Marianne Moore's poem "Arthur Mitchell" captures the fine finesse of the dancer's "peacock-tail,"…
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Seeking the Feet, part 1 [by Kathleen Heil]
Warhol & an unidentified breakdancer in his Factory, early 1980s. Photo: Paige Powell The connections between painting and poetry have long been explored—Ut pictura poesis and all that good stuff—yet it seems to me that the closest…
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When Sinatra Campaigned for FDR [by David Lehman]
Photo Illustration by Emil Lendof/The Daily Beast Conservatives had a field day when FDR enlisted the Hoboken crooner who made girls faint. That was just the beginning for Sinatra. Here, an excerpt from…
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Every End Must Have a Beginning: Waiting for the Dead to Speak by Brian Fanelli [review by Patricia Welch
Now, perhaps more than ever, Brian Fanelli’s second full-length collection of poetry, Waiting for the Dead to Speak, is a much-needed celebration of hope and humanity in small-town America. This collection set mostly…
