Line tamer.
I picked up this book after reading the first poem (which is rare for me, to have something leap out in such a way) and after noticing a nice list of “notes” at the back (nothing like a well-researched book of poems in conversation with other sources to whet my appetite), and finished it in Read More …
Picked this up in City Lights over the weekend and read it on the plane home today. I was a bit disappointed by both her and the afterword by Mark. Not their best work on the subject of politics and poetry. Still this passage did stuck with me: “I hope never to idealize poetry–it has Read More …
On our way to LaGuardia on the M60 we overheard these two women giving hell to a guy: Woman One: “If my man’s a businessman and he has to work late, he should at least call.” Woman Two: “Mm-hmm.” Woman One: “I don’t want to be sittin there in my Gucci. Waitin.” Above them a Read More …