Rae Armantrout, “Hey”
Sound may be addressed to you or it may not—I confess that when I’ve been neglected I’ve become more tense, felt my blood storm my mind, indulged an...
Category: poetry
Billy Collins, “Introduction to Poetry”
Teaching has changed my views on the interpretation and analysis of fine art and sundry objects (e.g. comic books). On the one hand, while I work with a toolbox...
Katia Kapovich, “Painting a Room”
When I first started blogging—really, I should say when I first started writing for public consumption—I worried incessantly about creating the perfect “A...
Katia Kapovich, “Apartment 75”
Paul Hoover presents us with prophets, men seeking dialogue with God. His portrait in “To the Choirmaster” brings forth the brutal honesty in trying...
Paul Hoover, “To the Choirmaster”
The rock lives in the desert, solid, taking its time. I’m jealous. I feel torn, unable to take time. As time wastes away, I am paralyzed, stymied by sheer...