The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with T. R. Hummer
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with T. R. Hummer about his poetry collection Ephemeron.
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Why I Chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Brian Spears on why he chose T. R. Hummer’s Ephemeron as the November selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 6: “Certain Slant” by T. R. Hummer
Certain Slant
Concertina music breaks its foam on the haberdashery window,
a murder ballad so old even the monkey knows the words
National Poetry Month: Day 11. “Schematic” by T. R. Hummer
Schematic
Inside the machine is another machine which refers to the machine enclosing it. So he touches her hand, and the image of a child emerges.
...morePoetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
It’s been a long week, what with the Haiti blogging and my return to classes, but there’s still been some noteworthy poetry blogging this week.
A sarcasm punctuation mark? I wonder how audiences at poetry readings would be able to tell when the poet used one?
...morePoetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Sorry for last week–the gods of the intertubes laid a righteous smack on my connection and blogging from an iPhone, even with the new cut and paste feature, isn’t all that feasible. I’ll try to make up for it this week.
...morePoetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Billy Collins says we need better poets in the US: “There’s an awful lot of bad poetry out there. I’d say about 87 percent of the poetry in America isn’t worth reading.” Collins may be right–the question is who makes up that 13%.
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