Joe Weil

On a Harsh Winter

April 7, 2014

On a Harsh Winter

By Joe Weil

It was night: disorienting. Outside, the stars inside the snow were glittering, and you could hear snow and ice melt all around you if you listened. That was a rough winter. Every winter is rough.

Apr
07
2014
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It was night: disorienting. Outside, the stars inside the snow were glittering, and you could hear snow and ice melt all around you if you listened. That was a rough winter. Every winter is rough.

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Tips for Doing a Poetry Reading

January 9, 2014

Tips for Doing a Poetry Reading

By Joe Weil

The poetry improves, but the presentation of it just keeps getting worse.

Jan
09
2014
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The poetry improves, but the presentation of it just keeps getting worse.

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Thirteen of the Best Poetry Collections for 2013: Books That Will Sustain a Lifetime and Another and Another

December 31, 2013

Thirteen of the Best Poetry Collections for 2013: Books That Will Sustain a Lifetime and Another and Another

By Sean Thomas Dougherty

These are serious books. I sometimes wonder if the young poets still know how to make “serious” art, but then I read The Backlit Hour by young Jose Antonio Rodriquez and I know they are more than capable.

Dec
31
2013
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These are serious books. I sometimes wonder if the young poets still know how to make “serious” art, but then I read The Backlit Hour by young Jose Antonio Rodriquez and I know they are more than capable.

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The Blessings of My Recent Insomnia

November 6, 2013

The Blessings of My Recent Insomnia

By Joe Weil

To abide with this daughter is deeper than any understanding. Forget understanding. Forget mystery, too. This sort of love is the closest I will ever get to being the shadow of a great stone–something still, and stolid and beyond both understanding, and mystery–a presence, a weight that does not need to be lifted, and is no weight at all.

Nov
06
2013
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To abide with this daughter is deeper than any understanding. Forget understanding. Forget mystery, too. This sort of love is the closest I will ever get to being the shadow of a great stone–something still, and stolid and beyond both understanding, and mystery–a presence, a weight that does not need to be lifted, and is no weight at all.

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On Shema Mitzvah in my poetry

May 29, 2013

On Shema Mitzvah in my poetry

By Joe Weil

I do not believe in the separation of faith and works, but, like James, believe faith without works is dead, and works without faith is merely materialism as a form of the dole.

May
29
2013
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I do not believe in the separation of faith and works, but, like James, believe faith without works is dead, and works without faith is merely materialism as a form of the dole.

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Interview with Joe Weil [AUDIO]

May 2, 2013

Interview with Joe Weil [AUDIO]

By Nicholas Wilsey

The Eggshell Parade brings you an interview with poet Joe Weil.

May
02
2013
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The Eggshell Parade brings you an interview with poet Joe Weil.

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TRICK VESSELS by Andre Bagoo

January 24, 2013

TRICK VESSELS by Andre Bagoo

By Joe Weil

The poems of Trick Vessels are not the imposed order and false certainties of neo-conservatism, but an embracing of the power and force of night through the spell casting power of language–the magic that does not destroy uncertainty but which gives it value, and purpose.

Jan
24
2013
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The poems of Trick Vessels are not the imposed order and false certainties of neo-conservatism, but an embracing of the power and force of night through the spell casting power of language–the magic that does not destroy uncertainty but which gives it value, and purpose.

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The Book of Knowledge

January 1, 2013

The Book of Knowledge

By Joe Weil

So, thus far, I am both annoyed and delighted all at once, and I have a sneaking suspicion the poet would not mind that I be both annoyed (or irritated/agitated like a clam) and delighted all at once.

Jan
01
2013
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So, thus far, I am both annoyed and delighted all at once, and I have a sneaking suspicion the poet would not mind that I be both annoyed (or irritated/agitated like a clam) and delighted all at once.

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A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

December 19, 2012

A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

By Joe Weil

You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

Dec
19
2012
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You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

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Poetry Editing: A Rubric

September 13, 2012

Poetry Editing: A Rubric

By Joe Weil

After writing a poem (never during or before the poem), ask yourself these questions.

Sep
13
2012
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After writing a poem (never during or before the poem), ask yourself these questions.

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A Catholic Poet, Part II: Reversal of Values

August 22, 2012

A Catholic Poet, Part II: Reversal of Values

By Joe Weil

The world, while God-created (parent), God redeemed (child), and God haunted/inspired (Holy Spirit), is certainly not God oriented: it is motley, hidden away from God behind a thousand conflicting tropes of willfulness and streben.

Aug
22
2012
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The world, while God-created (parent), God redeemed (child), and God haunted/inspired (Holy Spirit), is certainly not God oriented: it is motley, hidden away from God behind a thousand conflicting tropes of willfulness and streben.

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The Ruined American Male: Robert Creeley

August 15, 2012

The Ruined American Male: Robert Creeley

By Joe Weil

A sort of mystical reticence which, to tin ears, seems non-existent, but is the gobbled and cobbled and ruined talk of the American male.

Aug
15
2012
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A sort of mystical reticence which, to tin ears, seems non-existent, but is the gobbled and cobbled and ruined talk of the American male.

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All Around Meaning

August 8, 2012

All Around Meaning

By Joe Weil

Idiots wait on both sides of the fence.

Aug
08
2012
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Idiots wait on both sides of the fence.

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Reading a Tony Hoagland Poem: Inattention and Power

June 27, 2012

Reading a Tony Hoagland Poem: Inattention and Power

By Joe Weil

We could learn much about Hoagland by seeing what he does not include, and what he does not pay attention to.

Jun
27
2012
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We could learn much about Hoagland by seeing what he does not include, and what he does not pay attention to.

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On the way of Arete and Xenia

June 20, 2012

On the way of Arete and Xenia

By Joe Weil

Every warrior culture carries Arete and Xenia at its core. To lose contact with either and to seek no balance is the way of self destruction.

Jun
20
2012
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Every warrior culture carries Arete and Xenia at its core. To lose contact with either and to seek no balance is the way of self destruction.

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Redux: A Manifesto

June 6, 2012

Redux: A Manifesto

By Joe Weil

To be Redux is to believe in the mythos of return within the scope of the materials at hand.

Jun
06
2012
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To be Redux is to believe in the mythos of return within the scope of the materials at hand.

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