May 2, 2013
Two Works of Spiritual Aspiration: Flowers and Vogel
By Micah Towery
Poems are “instruments for thinking” (Allen Grossman). The object of a poet’s thought, however, is often unstated–especially in lyric poetry. Lyric poetry never speaks to an audience, and so–as it is when we are alone–the speaker doess not feel compelled to explicitly state the object of thought but only the thoughts themselves. In this review, I want to try and discern these objects of thought in the works of two poets whose work seem directed at resolving particularly spiritual problems.
Poems are “instruments for thinking” (Allen Grossman). The object of a poet’s thought, however, is often unstated–especially in lyric poetry. Lyric poetry never speaks to an audience, and so–as it is when we are alone–the speaker doess not feel compelled to explicitly state the object of thought but only the thoughts themselves. In this review, I want to try and discern these objects of thought in the works of two poets whose work seem directed at resolving particularly spiritual problems.
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March 21, 2013
Great Table Manners!
By Jorge Rodriguez-Miralles
Tables proves a raw, every-which-way roaming collection, an enterprise in full creative recall and exposure.
Tables proves a raw, every-which-way roaming collection, an enterprise in full creative recall and exposure.
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