Making’s Progress; or, A Defense of Poetry
"But how poetry can touch this utmost experience of being, before which language falters, I do not know, and can’t know, I am unable to know–unless I turn to poetry again...”
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Nick Cave Monday #32: “West Country Girl”
What do you do when you think a girl is hot and you really want to get with her? You write her a song. Nick Cave did that for PJ…
National Poetry Month Day 21: “Letters from Saint Francis” by Joshua Heineman
Letters from Saint Francis Flowers fill a wall three stories tall near the river, by the Parc du Champ de Mars& I’m there, eyes wide, mouth sharp, in another year,…
Notable Los Angeles: 4/20-4/26
Saturday 4/20: The L.A. Times Festival of Books is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Rumpus will be there, sharing a booth with Tin House. Come say hi and…
Links I Like
Does Twitter count as links? I’ve decided yes, it does. This week I felt grateful that I follow Saeed Jones and Thomas Page McBee. In “Into the Fold,” Thomas Page…
National Poetry Month Day 20: “Ruminations on cud from five of my fullest stomachs” by Matt Mauch
Ruminations on cud from five of my fullest stomachs
Lullaby (with Exit Sign) by Hadara Bar-Nadav
Tova Gardner reviews Hadara Bar-Nadav's Lullaby (with Exit Sign) today in Rumpus Poetry.
National Poetry Month Day 19: “The Sturdiness” by Sina Queyras
The Sturdiness For a long time I was thinking that I had to do more. The way a dancer looks away from the camera. I want to be a direct…
National Poetry Month Day 18: “b my apocalypse” by Laura Zaylea
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