A look at the current literary scene as someone sees it (mainly).
On Poetics (and matters of similar tedium)
Tag: poetry
From this side of truth
From this side of truth
Lies fall twisted at the gate
Sermon
I thought at first it was a play, and wondered who would enjoy such stasis and pretension.
Walls
My legs shake as I climb the 100th step, scan the green-toothed horizon, see grey clouds snake through the unploughed hills of Inner Mongolia.
Let it dance with you
A poem that depicts the beauty and the power of the present moment.
A Granddaughter Asks What Makes a Poem
My poems are like an old man in the park doing slow motion calisthenics.
i did
A meditation on anxiety.
Bastard
Two girls took another girl to the woods
A kitchen with no cabinet doors
A poem about aging, about feeling that your friends are leaving you behind. An insecure one.
Lost At Sea
A poem about someone struggling with depression and can’t find the way out.
Fixation
We all know a rut for what it is. It’s easy to be compulsive when depressed.
House Arrest
The Past seemed as real or more than whatever thin present showed its face.