Tag Archives: Poetry

He was a poet who was not afraid to split his ribs to show us his beating heart: that deserves to be honoured.

Poetry tends to kindle emotion. At times, the feelings may be as basic as loving or hating the art form itself. But some sort of emotional response is likely the goal of all poetry. As Allen Ginsberg says in No Direction Home, Martin Scorsese’s new documentary on Bob Dylan, “Poetry …

I have composed the following ode to Leonard's financial plight. Apologies in advance to Mr. Cohen.

The Quill Literary Foundation has created the first literary awards whose results will be decided by the book buying public.

'Some sets of footnotes, as long as they’re not the minimalist Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. style, make fine poetry ... '

I don't care if liberals and Politically Correct types are upset, but I care about stealing someone else's stories, someone's else's history, to use for my purposes

An American photographer and a Japanese poet met in a New York City café.

Like Christopher Ricks, newly elected professor of poetry at Oxford, and the Warren Professor of Humanities at Boston University, who has a new book out on the subject that many might consider … granular: In a corner by the desk there is also a boom box. Mr. Ricks brings this …

The poets, the celebs, the musicians all have large anti-war segments. Good for them – war in general is bad. But THIS SPECIFIC war isn’t a generic war, isn’t Vietnam or imperialism, or for the corporations, or some vague aggressive muscle-flexing. It’s proactive self-defense catalyzed by the hideous shock of …