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“Happy 44, Timothy Donnelly!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
TIMOTHY DONNELLY (6/3)Rookilly knightelly basically pawnellyHappily birthelly, Timothy DonnellyComedy sympathy mowing the lawnellyHappily birthelly, Timothy DonnellyGoing and gone-illy, all the night longinglyHappily birthelly, Timothy DonnellyJOHNNY ANOMALY turning me on-illyHappily birthelly, Timothy Donnelly☆Happily birthelly, TIMOTHY…
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Moira Egan, Guest Blogger June 3-7
This week we welcome back Moira Egan as our guest blogger. Moira's most recent book is Hot Flash Sonnets (Passager Books, 2013). Previous poetry collections are Cleave (WWPH); La Seta della Cravatta/The Silk…
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“For Sale: Ancient History — See Your Agent Today”
Our far-flung reporter in Jaffa (Israel) notes a boom in ancient history. Licensed agent Archie Allergy, an American-born Stanford PhD who made aliyah in 1998, tells us it's his dream job, "and the price…
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“Happy 60, Lee Upton!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
LEE UPTON (6/2)Hasenpfeffer!Kitchy kitchy coo.Gretchen’s in the kitchenThrowing pepper in da stew.Puppets in the plazaAnd rabbits in the zooSinging Hasenpfeffer!A kitchy kitchy coo.○Hupton, Pupton!Ya nip it in the bud.Ya pup it in the oven…
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“Darkling Summer, Ominous Dusk, Rumorous Rain” [by Delmore Schwartz]
1 A tattering of rain and then the reign Of pour and pouring-down and down, Where in the westward gathered the filming gown Of grey and clouding weakness, and, in the mane Of the…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in Conversation with Ed Ochester of The Pitt Poetry Series
NA: When I think of the University of Pittsburgh Press’s poetry series, I think of the name, Ed Ochester. How long have you been with the press? EO:I became the poetry editor at Pittsburgh…