From the publisher: Dig into this delectable journey through the dark, sensual, and ravishing poetry of Frank Watson. Ruminate the searing to the sultry as you absorb this haunting lilt of burning carnality. The poems ignite rapid and surprising shifts in focus and perspective as they twist and turn your preconceptions, allowing the implications to […]
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From the publisher; The first-ever collection of essays by one of our most distinguished and distinctive poets, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Kay Ryan Synthesizing Gravity gathers for the first time a thirty-year selection of Kay Ryan’s probings into aesthetics, poetics, and the mind in pursuit of art. A bracing collection
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You call that first darkness sleep. Is that the name for the nothing from which you pulled me? *** You call that first vision a dream and I want no part of it. I am fully at its mercy in the dark, As I am at your mercy in the day. *** When I am
I was going to publish a variation of this blog post on June 1st, the first day of Pride Month. However, this year is turning out to be one for the books. Between the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest brought on by the endless plague of racism and police brutality, it’s more relevant than ever
Today’s featured poem is “I’m Dreaming of Your Body All Nude” by Lyonel Trouillot, from the collection Open Gate: An Anthology of Haitian Creole Poetry, edited by Paul Laraque and Jack Hirchman. Happy viewing!
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Today’s featured poem is “White Night” by Boris Pasternak, from his novel Dr. Zhivago – The Poems of Yurii Zhivago, translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. Happy viewing!
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National Poetry Month was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. As an educator, I normally plan poetry activities during this month, culminating in a class poetry event as well as participation in Poem in Your Pocket Day, taking place this year on Thursday, April 20th. However, in this pandemic reality we
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Friday Kiss is one of many weekly Twitter writing challenges.
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Friday Kiss is one of many weekly Twitter writing challenges.
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Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay WIP Wednesdays is one of many weekly Twitter writing challenges designed to motivate writers to show their best work. If I have an excerpt that is relevant to this challenge, I will post it on my Twitter and here on Wednesdays. From my work in progress, tentatively titled “Slant
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