part circus, part conservatory
When Truth Hinges on a Long-gone Picture
Granddaddy, I recall the picture
you were long gone, dirt settled
a Polaroid of what had to be Hank
your and Lawrence’s fishing buddy
a blue heron you’d toss too-small croppy to
Him on the bank, you in the boat
might have been Proctor Lake
might have been my cousin July
tried out her teen sex on [...]
(Do clink to get to a larger image, which is worth the effort, if I may humbly assert.)
I adore your name, Narcissus poeticus, and how you fold back your petals as if you’re getting a drink of water or facing the wind. How you open yourself to the bee.
The earliest mention of Poet’s Daffodil is [...]
Damn if I can remember who suggested Lucia Perillo’s Inseminating the Elephant, but consider yourself thanked (and take credit if you’d like to). I picked it up at the library today.
Oh! Now I remember! It was on the SF Gate’s list of best poetry books of 2009.
Inseminating the Elephant, by Lucia Perillo (Copper Canyon; 93 [...]
Rejected, six poems, with a note that one made it to the final round.
And I didn’t have to wait months and months to hear.
Something of mine is at tinywords (and the trees who inspired it last year are at it again).
Joseph Harker is taking over the Poetry x 12 project.
March — Read a poetry collection written by a poet who has been featured in a movie. This is a challenging one, but there are actually a number of movies about poets. Here is a link to get you started: 5 Favorite Movies Based on Famous [...]
I’m backdating this post to yesterday. Because while I am occasionally grateful for the shortness of February, sometimes I just need a little more time.
I’ve been reading a lot of poetry lately. And stories. And for February I was to read a recommended chapbook, so chose Pamela Johnson Parker’s A Walk Through the Memory Palace. I [...]
March unfolds a new collaborative project for me. And Jenny Chu. You can find out more at Mutating the Signature.
(Confession: I’m kind of nervous about creating in public.)
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