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The Many Generations of the Versatile Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson, England's first poet laureate, wrote great poems conjoining wit and powerful feeling. Consider "My Picture Left in Scotland") about which I have written a short essay, which you will find here). His…
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Breaking, ballrooming, tumbling, poésie: is dance sport? [by Tracy Danison]
Daily life is getting back to… dance… sport … art … life. Collectif de danse Move And Art. Photo © Sarah Meunier October already! Daily life has definitely been regaining substance. Neighbor photographer Sarah…
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Mary Gilliland, Guest Author
This month we welcome Mary Gilliland as our guest author. Mary is author of The Ruined Walled Castle Garden (2020). Her poems are widely published in print and online literary journals and most recently anthologized in Rumors…
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In Praise of Bruno (1983)
Two redheads having a much-needed snooze in Ludlowville (July 1983).
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Steady My Laden Head [by Mary Gilliland]
The hours don’t count, I don’t count the hours. This is not a task but an activity. Unassigned. A practically involuntary part of the day, sowing itself in my unconscious during times I might…
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Yom Kippur, Grand Concourse, Bronx, 1948 [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
Renee and Huy Harwood, my parents, eager to end the Yom Kippur fast. — sdl
