“This Was When”: Matthew James Babcock’s “Moose Remembered”
Anthology Poet Highlight 33/82: Matthew James Babcock, “Moose Remembered” (scroll down) (Matthew’s reading of “Moose Remembered” [from Terrain.org]) This poem features a moose, but it’s about memory:...
View ArticleThe Grace and Restraint of Michael Hicks’“Family Tree”
Anthology Poet Highlight 35/82: Michael Hicks, “Family Tree“ (My reading of “Family Tree”) In “Family Tree,” Michael’s lines are achingly sparse, haiku-like, even. I find in them a seductive grace and...
View ArticleHow Do We Do It?: Jim Richards’“Cleave”
Anthology Poet Highlight 39/82: Jim Richards, “Cleave” (My reading of “Cleave”) I take Jim’s “it” to be, yes, sex—but also more than sex. It take it to be the much deeper state of being, the...
View Article“Encounter”: Linda Sillitoe’s Cabinet of Wonders
Poet Highlight: Linda Sillitoe, “Encounter”“ (My reading of “Encounter”) Linda’s unrhymed sonnet, “Encounter,” takes as its lyric province the intergenerational relationship between people, places, and...
View ArticleStill Thirsting for Milk: Danielle Dubrasky’s “Legacy”
Anthology Poet Highlight 40/82: Danielle Beazer Dubrasky, “Legacy” (My reading of “Legacy”) In Danielle’s sonnet, the poet explores an intergenerational relationship—and the rippling effects...
View ArticleMarilyn and Mozart: Playing it Again
I’ve started revisiting old posts, adding audio files of me (or someone else) reading the poems I discuss in those posts. Last month, I revisited my commentary on Neil Aitken’s first poetry collection....
View ArticleReliving “Legacy”
On October 24, 2011, I posted about Michael R. Collings’ poem “Legacy.” Here’s an excerpt from that post and my reading of the poem:; The excerpt: Michael’s longish poem, “Legacy,” breaches the subject...
View Article#MormonPoetrySlam, Day 11 (2014): Joe Plicka reads “Grandma Dyed Her Hair” by...
Read more about the Mormon Poetry Slam here and see the posting schedule here. Vote for your favorite performance here (the link will go live once all the entries have been posted). Use...
View Article#MormonPoetrySlam, Day 13 (2014): Laura Craner reads “Pro Genitors” by...
Read more about the Mormon Poetry Slam here and see the posting schedule here. Vote for your favorite performance here (the link will go live once all the entries have been posted). Use...
View Article#MormonPoetrySlam, Day 17 (2014): Eric Jepson reads “Daddy’s Love” by C....
Here’s a link to the poem if you’d like to follow along as Eric reads. Read more about the Mormon Poetry Slam here and see the posting schedule here. Vote for your favorite performance here (the link...
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