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Canary [by Lera Auerbach]
CANARY So yellow as ifdefending this colorwas its only quest;as if painted by an artist,obsessed,unaccustomedto shade;as if stitched by mid-summer’s sun;made with delicate silk in the ancient country long gone,the canary swingson its wooden swing,claiming its cage(golden princein…
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Lost, Eyes Open [by Dante Micheaux]
“From that time forward a profound change set within me.” —Edward Carpenter, after reading Leaves of Grass “Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men…
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This just in . . . a terrible loss for Amy Lemmon and for all of us.
We received the sad news that Robert Bowen, who was married to poet Amy Lemmon, died from injuries sustained in a terrible accident. Robert was hit by a truck while riding his bicycle in…
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“I SAID I WASN’T GONE TELL NOBODY… [by Dante Micheaux]
but I couldn’t keep it to myself”, says the refrain of a gospel song, close to my heart—especially when sung by Mother Eloise Knight of Jerusalem Baptist Church, in Trenton, New Jersey. And I…
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Paradise in Hot Contention, Possibly Lost [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dearling Bleaders, Went out to Governor's Island, Brooklyn's new backyard, last Saturday which happened to be flapper day. Sweet band, great dancing. The day rather fluttered than flapped. Now it is September and all must…
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…and she makes poetry [by Dante Micheaux]
Besides making the best crab cakes in world and winning the Nobel Prize for astonishingly graceful yet epic prose, Toni Morrison is a consummate poet. On May 26, 2006, friends and family gathered to…
