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Get the Hell Into Dodge [by Jerry Williams]
I am writing to you from deep in the bowels of the Robert Treat Motel in Newark, New Jersey, where I am participating in this year’s Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival (http://www.dodgepoetry.org/). I’m glad that…
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“Among My Souvenirs” [by David Lehman]
<<The use of "Among My Souvenirs" in The Best Years of Our Lives is exemplary. Edgar Leslie’s 1927 lyric communicates regret at the passing of time. Trinkets and tokens diligently collected and treasured offer…
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The Detective Hero (by Larry Epstein)
Did Robert B. Parker ever write a bad sentence? The question arose as I read Parker's latest Spenser novel, Painted Ladies. The book has a bittersweet aura. I always enjoy Parker's spare prose and…
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Fun with Line and Stanza Breaks (by Jerry Williams)
Found Poem a.k.a. Double Rainbow by Hungrybear9562 a.k.a. Copyright Infringement Whoa! That's a full rainbow–– double rainbow. Oh my god. It's a double rainbow all the way. Whoa! It's so intense.…
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No Tomatoes [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, The condition of our afternoon seems to be overwhelmtion, despite the higher counsel to shun such exaggeration of emotion. The counsel, regrettably, is impossible to follow. People have all sorts of difficulties,…
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Dana Andrews, left, and Teresa Wright, steering the wheel, in The Best Years of Our Lives. And he's thinking: if only someone would offer me a job. And she's thinking: he's married to a…
