Month: June 2020
Reading: Paper People by Harry Baker
Harry Baker (b. 1992) is a slam poetry champion who used to study math. An enticing combination that makes for some interesting slam poetry. Today I read "paper people", a lovely allegory for society culminating in a touching personal reminder. I quote the entire poem here with his kind permission (how #twitter makes our life ...
Reading: Gracious living Tara by Tom Raworth
British poet Tom Raworth (1938 - 2017) was associated with the Black Mountain School. He won numerous awards with his poetry that, according to John Olsen, features an intense gouache of perceptions Gracious living ' Tara' lonely as four cherries on a tree at night, new moon, wet roads a moth or a snowflake ...
Reading: Shorter American Memory of the Declaration of Independence by Rosmarie Waldrop
Rosmarie Waldrop (b. 1935) is a German poet who emigrated to the United States in the late 1950s. She is the acclaimed translator of the poetry of Edmond Jabès. Unknown to her work, I poured over what is of her poetry available online and stumbled upon this funny idea. Shorter American Memory of the Declaration ...
Reading: James McMichael – The Admiral Benbow
American poet James McMichael (1939) is the author of multiple collections of poetry and receiver of many awards, as you might expect. I found out about him through the book Poetry for Dummies. I read a poem about the ghost of a ship: The Admiral Benbow The aisles are filled with trees, The tables with ...
