by Micah Towery Poetry
Formality, in this case, allows Sleigh to achieve a reflexivity and self-awareness without the cloying injections that deliberately remind the reader of the existence of the poet.
Tagged as: Allen Grossman, army cats, ashbery, Beirut Tank, classical, formal, formalism, formality, Hunter College, interview with a ghost, kingsley tufts award, lowell, Mingus Reborn as Mingus, Money, New Yorker, On First Avenue and Sixth Street, protean, proteus, subjects, The Chosen One, The Games, The Sighted Singer, The Spell, Tom Sleigh, tradition
Read the full article →
by Brooks Lampe Poetry
The two loves of Kalamaras’s life: Surrealism and Hindu mysticism (with a touch of rhetorical theory!).
Tagged as: Deep Image, Ezra Pound, George Kalamaras, ghazal, Hindu mysticism, Hinduism, ideogram, Ideogrammic, modernism, mystical, Mysticism, Robert Bly, silence, surrealism, The Bone Sutras, Ugly Duckling Presse, Your Own Ox-Head Masks As Proof
Read the full article →