Poetry rankings, and politics.

Curious. People coming here through searches for Jessica Cutler and Washingtonienne are on the upswing, at the same time that people coming here looking for Disillusionment of Ten O’Clock are. Could the two phenomena be related? Stay tuned! Like Ezra Pound once said, “Literature is news that stays news.”

End of day

In the midst of thunderstorms here, so I can actually listen to something other than the whirrrr of cicadas. Lots of rain and storms lately, which has made me quite cranky. Barometric pressure. Hey, it’s a reason. Peter had his last exam today, in chemistry, which he for some unknown reason finds easy. He is Continue reading End of day

Ingres 2.0

I need a drink. So does Ingres. Found this over at Worth1000.com. Art, I guess, needs to be made safe for the Republi-Christians…

Poetry as a job

Get out early in the morning, away from the computer (hah!), and be about your business of observing. But why? Because it’s what you do. I do lots of things. Because it’s what you do best. … Observe everything. It’s all fodder. It’s all worthy.