Narcissus at 80
Sometimes, especially if I’m tired of reworking a poem for the enth time, or lack a stimulating idea for aContinue Reading
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Reading Anthony Madrid’s I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say
Of late Anthony Madrid seems inextricably linked with Michael Robbins, whom he met at the University of Chicago where bothContinue Reading
Daisy Fried’s Women’s Poetry: Poems and Advice
Fried is one of the most engaging contemporary poets writing today, for she is as thoughtful, witty and wise as the best conversationalists. Like two of her favorite poets, Charles Bukowski and Frank O’Hara, her utter lack of self-consciousness allows her to develop a unique connection with her readers, an intimacy that some poets would cut off their writing hands to replicate.
Reading Cristina Navazo-Eguía Newton’s Cry Wolf
Like Bernard Malamud’s Roy Hobbs (“The Natural”) who can wield the physics of baseball with consummate skill, in fact making it look second nature, Newton, as poet, effortlessly repeats this triumph of language in poem after poem. Yet, Newton’s game is of a more serious kind, leading readers into the labyrinth of human emotions and then letting them see the Minotaur.
The Top 40 Books of Poetry for 2012
Coldfront Magazine has published a selection of the Top 40 Books of Poetry for 2012. These lists are helpful forContinue Reading
Using Autobiographical Elements In Poetry
Poets have often used a gripping personal drama as an organizing structure within which to write poetry of greatContinue Reading
Modernism
For an interesting introduction to the subject, I recommend Michael H. Whitworth’s anthology of modernist theory in his aptly entitledContinue Reading
Reading Erica Bernheim – Commentary on “The Oversized World”
Ms. Bernheim writes poetry that, like Mary Shelley, wakes the dead monster, shocking its cerebral cortex into life and giving it a beating heart that doesn’t want to be someone’s bloody experiment. It is a type of poetry whose art of presentation is breathtakingly fresh.
Reading Kate Potts – Pure Hustle
You can tell that Potts has a very high poetry I.Q., as this volume demonstrates her ability to engage in descriptive and affecting portraiture, which I think is her greatest gift.
Liz Berry – The Patron Saint of School Girls
Liz Berry is the Emerging Poet in Residence at Kingston University and already the owner of a distinguished publishing andContinue Reading
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