Though I, on the whole, have a penchant for the traditional forms and meters of English poetry, I am not content to study it alone. Like any fruit-bearing crop, the fields of English poetry require rich fertilization in the form of inspiration. In the past 100 years, this was accomplished primarily by the abandonment of… Continue reading Ghazals, Renga, and Memes: Oh, My! Part 1
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Alexandra Teague’s 2024 collection [ominous music intensifying] feels retro. I don’t think it intends to.
To be fair, the cover art is called The Visitors by Andrea Kowch which Steve Parks of Newsday described as “Using Middle America . . . [to draw] the history of a particular place— invariably rural—to the surface as it collides with a new reality in layers of metaphor and moodiness. The faces of her… Continue reading Alexandra Teague’s 2024 collection [ominous music intensifying] feels retro. I don’t think it intends to.
Review: Amy Newman’s On This Day in Poetry History Mythologizes Poetry, One Weird Robert Lowell Anecdote At a Time
Some poetry collections are written with me in mind, I’m convinced. I couldn’t imagine a poetry collection more well-suited than Amy Newman’s On This Day in Poetry History to my personal tastes. (Well, maybe one that talked extensively about Lord Byron’s Venetian exploits or Mitt Romney’s imaginary, pizza-fueled demise . . . but that’s why… Continue reading Review: Amy Newman’s On This Day in Poetry History Mythologizes Poetry, One Weird Robert Lowell Anecdote At a Time
Review: Reading Diane Seuss’s 2024 Modern Poetry is like listening to the ramblings of a drunk woman—but like, in a good way
I expect poems, as a rule, to have some self-contained meaning. I expect each line to build to the next and contribute to a sense of thematic unity in the poem. I know, I know; how 19th century of me. Modernism and postmodernism showed us that poems don’t have to make sense to make us… Continue reading Review: Reading Diane Seuss’s 2024 Modern Poetry is like listening to the ramblings of a drunk woman—but like, in a good way
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