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Archie Ammons and the Poetry of Hymns [by Roger Gilbert]
I’m writing a critical biography of the late Archie Ammons, who edited The Best American Poetry 1996. Since there’s been lots of talk about songs on this blog, I thought I’d…
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On Zbigniew Herbert and Climate Change [by Tully Rector]
In a recent interview, Jorie Graham claims that “artists have a large responsibility at present—that of awakening the imagination of a deep future.” Her argument goes like this. The future, by and large, means…
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‘Tis Bloomsday
Scene: In the parlor, the Blooms gather moss. Leopold Bloom and Claire Bloom are seated in armchairs. Allan Bloom is standing, chatting with Judy Blume. Harold Bloom stands with his back to the audience…
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Monte (Peace in Our Time) by David Kirby
David Kirby I read this poem years ago in Hanging Loose magazine. It wonderfully demonstrates that mistakes can work like metaphors in generating a poem. — DL Monte (Peace In Our Time) Once I…
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Not a Sonnet in Honor of Father’s Day (by Jenny Factor)
A few years ago, on the heels of a sonnet-writing jag, I became interested in famous sonnet hybrids like George Meredith’s Modern Love, Hayden Carruth’s paragraphs, and Rafael Campo’s canciones. Inspired, I cooked up…
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“Possum” (by Mitch Sisskind)
At night occasionally a possum Passes by peering in the window. It represents my sexuality. Prehistoric, Very slow moving, and the childrenWould be repulsed by it were They awake which they are not. Over…
