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Reading: Dusk by Rae Armantrout

Rae Armantrout (b. 1947) is one of the founding members of the West Coast group of Language poets (Natural History'. Dusk spider on the cold expanse of glass, three stories high rests intently and so purely alone. I’m not like that! I am looking at the spider from the inside of a building. At least, ...

23 June, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, dusk, language poem, Rae Armantrout

Poetry

Reading: Lines on my face by J.D. McClatchy

22 June, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, face, J.D. McClatchy

Poetry

Reading: Wedding by Alice Oswald

tack to tack, it’s like a swallowtail and when the swallow flies it’s like a coat; and if the coat is yours, it has a tear like a wide mouth and when the mouth begins to draw the wind, it’s like a trumpeter and when the trumpet blows, it blows like millions… and this, my love, ...

20 June, 2018

Kamiel Choi

Alice Oswald, anthology, sonnet, Wedding

Poetry

Reading: The Hug by Thom Gunn

Thom

5 June, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, hug, love, Thom Gunn

Poetry

Reading: Death of a friend by Rob van Moppes

Rob van Moppes (b. 1948) is a Dutch writer. I am his friend on social media and discovered this tender song-like poem today, so I decided to include it in my series. Death of a friend We met only two years before. Eyes sparkled when she spoke. We talked about the masks we wore, Considered ...

2 June, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, death, love, suicide

Poetry

Reading: Of Darker Ceremonies by Phillip B. Williams

Phillip B.

24 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, hip hop, Phillip B. Williams

Poetry

Reading: Green Grapes by Yuk-Sa Lee

Yi Korean original: 청포도(靑葡萄) - 이육사 내 고장 칠월은 청포도가 익어 가는 시절. 이 마을 전설이 주저리주저리 열리고 먼 데 하늘이 꿈꾸며 알알이 들어와 박혀, 하늘 밑 푸른 바다가 가슴을 열고 흰 돛 단 배가 곱게 밀려서 오면, 내가 바라는 손님은 고달픈 몸으로 청포(靑袍)를 입고 찾아온다고 했으니, 내 그를 맞아 이 포도를 따 먹으면 두 ...

21 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, grapes, Yuk-Sa Lee

Poetry

Reading: So Little Depends by Miguel-Manso

website of Poetry International. So Little Depends you prefer the corner, the hidden place the foliage, the shadow, the room, this sack of wheat: textual gold spread out on the old secretaire of the real outside the blaze of the wood the quick glazing of the fields here inside, less leeway – another panorama: simply ...

19 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Miguel Manso

Poetry

Reading: The Daughter by Carmen Giménez Smith

15 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Carmen Giménez Smith, daughter

Poetry

Reading: On Seeing A Watermelon by Monika Kumar

Monka

12 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Hindi, love, Monika Kumar

Poetry

Reading: The Wreck by Don Paterson

Don

9 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Don Paterson, love, wreck

Poetry

Reading: First Memory by Louise Gluck

Louise

7 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, childhood, father, Louise Gluck, love

Poetry

Reading: Lost Worlds by Giorgos Seferis

Giorgos

5 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Georgos Seferis

Poetry

Reading: Archibald by John Betjeman

Legendary poet laureate of the UK

1 May, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, bear, eternity, John Betjeman

Poetry

Reading: Project for a fainting by Brenda Shaughnessy

Brenda Dear Gonglya'. Project for a Fainting Oh, yes, the rain is sorry. Unfemale, of course, the rain is with her painted face still plain and with such pixel you’d never see it in the pure freckling, the lacquer of her. The world is lighter with her recklessness, a handkerchief so wet it is ...

30 April, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Brenda Shaughnessy, eros, love

Poetry

Reading: Sci-Fi by Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K.

28 April, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, sci-fi, Tracy K. Smith

Poetry

Reading: Harbach 1944 by János Pilinszky

János Pilinszky (1921-1981) was an Hungarian poet who served in the Hungarian army in the Second World War. His work has been translated by Ted Hughes and János Csokits. Warning: I read a very dark and graphic poem:

17 April, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Janos Pilinszky

Poetry

Reading: Love Poem for an Enemy by Richard Katrovas

Richard

8 April, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, enemy, hate, Richard Kratovas

Poetry

Reading: After Us by Nikola Madzirov

Nikola Madzirov (b. 1973) is a Macedonian poet, probably the most famous one alive, who also writes essays and translations. I was looking for a younger Eastern European poet today and I found him.

7 April, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, death, Macedonia, Nikola Madzirov

Poetry, Uncategorized

Reading: Lucky by Tony Hoagland

Tony Hoagland (b. 1953) is a witty and acerbic poet from North Carolina. Many awards. Some great and demonically intense poems. Here goes: Lucky If you are lucky in this life, you will get to help your enemy the way I got to help my mother when she was weakened past the point of saying ...

5 April, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, lucky, mother, Tony Hoagland

Poetry

Reading: Ode To The Walking Woman by Tishani Doshi

Tishani Doshi (b. 1975) is an Indian writer, dancer and journalist. I read a lyrical song inspired by a statuie by Alberto

31 March, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Tishani Doshi, woman

Poetry

Reading: In Memoriam Paul Celan by Edward Hirsch

Edward sadà that this is an unusually good In memoriam. The materiality of the words is of course Celanesque. I also see word play. Pillows where you would expect pillages. Thou where I saw dew. Hirsch describes a bright flower spectacle to convey the idea that our culture's memory of Celan will outlive us all. ...

28 March, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Edward Hirsch, in memoriam, Paul Celan

Poetry

Reading: When A Woman Loves A Man by David Lehman

David biography. I read some stuff about relationships: When A Woman Loves A Man When she says Margarita she means Daiquiri. When she says quixotic she means mercurial. And when she says, "I'll never speak to you again," she means, "Put your arms around me from behind as I stand disconsolate at the window." He's ...

27 March, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, David Lehman, relationship, woman

Poetry

Reading: Buddhist Barbie by Denise Duhamel

Denise Duhamel (b. 1961) is a poet from Rhode Island who experiments with form and subject, and engages in pop culture. Influences are Dylan Snow White's acne and

25 March, 2018

Kamiel Choi

anthology, Barbie, Buddhism, Denise Duhamel

Poetry