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Jumping with Sensation: The Haiku Leap
who dreamt and made incarnate gaps in Time & Space through images juxtaposed, and trapped the archangel of the soul between 2 visual images and joined the elemental verbs and set the noun and dash...
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Jim Coppoc’s Manhattan Beatitude, 1997
A version of the following review will appear in the next issue of Redactions: Poetry & Poetics. The first words that popped into my mind when I opened Jim Coppoc’s Manhattan Beatitude, 1997 (One...
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in pursuit of the juiciest wine: day three
Happy May Day, everyone. This day always reminds me of one of my favorite poems – Allen Ginsberg’s “Kral Majales” (turn up the volume). For the best reading of “Kral Majales” listen to me read it or...
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Writing Poetry Aloud
Sean Thomas Dougherty and I started a Facebook poll. We are asking our poet friends the following question: During the composition of a poem do you read the poem out loud? Sean and I want to know...
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Lineation: An Introduction to the Poetic Line
When I was asked back in late July or early August to do this lecture on the line in poetry, I had a clear idea of what I wanted to talk about and explore. I have since forgotten that clear idea, but I...
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The Oldest Stone in the World Flier for Downtown Brockport
Some new reviews are coming in about my newest collection of poems, The Oldest Stone in the World (Amsterdam Press). You can read them in the flier that will be hung about town. If you can’t make it to...
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On Eric G. Wilson’s My Business is to Create: Blake’s Infinite Writing
A version of this may appear in an upcoming issue of Redactions: Poetry & Poetics. . William Blake in an 1807 portrait by Thomas Phillips. Why do we need another book about William Blake? I have...
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The Afterlives of a Poem, or What Happens to Your Poem When You’re Done...
I woke up early this morning thinking about what happens to a poem after you stop working on it, and there are four possible afterlives for a poem. But before I get there, let’s look at why we stop...
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On Marjorie Perloff’s “Reinventing the Lyric”
Whenever I see a new essay from Marjorie Perloff, I get so excited. I think the younger kids call this excitement getting “geeked out.” I geek out to Perloff. I thoroughly enjoy Perloff’s observations...
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Li-Young Lee’s Breaking the Alabaster Jar: Conversations with Li-Young Lee...
Over the next few weeks or months, I will post all my reviews (“Tom’s Celebrations”) that appeared in Redactions: Poetry, Poetics, & Prose (formerly Redactions: Poetry & Poetics) up to and...
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Jason Shinder’s Stupid Hope (2009)
Over the next few weeks or months, I will post all my reviews (“Tom’s Celebrations”) that appeared in Redactions: Poetry, Poetics, & Prose (formerly Redactions: Poetry & Poetics) up to and...
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On John Berryman’s Syntax and Music and Other Observations
For my poetry workshop class at The University of Southern Mississippi with Rebecca Morgan Frank, one of the assignments was to read the collected poems of a poet. I chose John Berryman. At the end of...
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Swinburne, Four Syllables, and Learning to Listen to Write
The prompt for this essay was to write a 10-15 page paper about poems, stories, or novels that influenced my writing. Below is my response. // As I thought about what poems changed my work or writing,...
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Quick Notes on John Berryman
These are mostly notes and observations I am writing for myself as I prepare for the Contemporary Poetry section of my comps. I will try to do this with each poet I read. Maybe the notes will be useful...
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Quick Notes on Allen Ginsberg
These are mostly notes and observations I am writing for myself as I prepare for the Contemporary Poetry section of my comps. I will try to do this with each poet I read. Maybe the notes will be useful...
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Poetry Assignments: The Book (Online): Imaginary Worlds
POETRY ASSIGNMENTS or 100 Jackhammers for the Poet with Writer’s Block; or 100 Ways to Jumpstart the Engine; or 100 Pencil Exercises; or 100 Ways to Stimulate Your Next Wine, Cheese, & Poetry Night...
View ArticleJim Coppoc’s Manhattan Beatitude, 1997
I'm happy Manhattan Beatitude, 1997 exists. We need more good-spirited Ginsbergian energies out there. We need more good long poems like this.//
View Articlein pursuit of the juiciest wine: day three
Lan Rioja Reserva 2004. It would also go good with bread dipped in olive oil or olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Man, I have to get to F. Olivers.
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I can tell you right now that I don't read my poems out loud during composition that often . . . But why don't I read aloud more often during the poem's composition?
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