I am in here.
Philip Levine is one of my favorite poets. I’ve seen him recite, and he gets my seal of approval. He doesn’t intone mightily, which I can’t abide. He has a style that’s simple, at least on the surface. Philip LevineThe 2nd in our new series of contemporary poet profiles, brief reference pages where you can … Continue reading Worth looking into
must time always be measured by distance? a minute: the precise length of space between two dots on a dial if I move farther, and then farther still, always pushing the dot ahead of me, does time stream out and expand behind my feet? to end up at some number too high to have been … Continue reading minute
bless the eastern edge of the sky as it rises from the night bless the light as I touch it bless the dark edges of the face before me between me and the sun bless that which I cannot see bless what the light keeps from me and bless its unseen watching
No, I don’t mean writing here. I’m not sure I can enunciate a reason for writing in a blog, much less daily as I seem to have been doing lately. But: why write poetry? Do I think I’m as good as the other poets out there? Well, yes I do. Except for maybe Seamus Heaney … Continue reading why to write?
white pebble 