It was another Twitter Poetry party, and this one started with a few rumors.
Stanley Moss’s “God Breaketh Not All Men’s Hearts Alike”
Now Moss has published what must stand as a testament to his career as a poet
Imaginary Logic By Rodney Jones
I hadn’t read Rodney Jones’s previous books of poetry (this one is his ninth), but I will now that I’ve read Imaginary Logic: Poems. It a collection full of the familiar and the everyday but described in unexpected and precise ways, and with an eye that is focused and accurate. The poems cover a wide […]
It’s Not Exactly What Happened: L.L. Barkat on Writing
Check out this interview with L.L. Barkat at The High Calling, and get writing tips and more of the inside story.
Stories of the Bees 2: Swan Poems
From bees, our recent Twitter poetry party began to transition to swans.
Stories of the Bees: Bee Poems
At the Twitter poetry party, we got into bees and moons and ants and rosaries and all manner of things
Tomaz Salamun’s “The Blue Tower: Poems”
Born in Croatia and raised in Slovenia, Slovenian poet Tomaz Salamun has published 30 collections of poetry in his native language. His poetry has been translated into more than 20 languages, and he’s had nine collection published in English. The Blue Tower: Poems is the tenth in English, and translated with the author by Michael […]
Donald Hall’s “The Back Chamber”
From the time I was 8 until I was 14, I spent a week each summer at my grandmother’s house in Shreveport. I would sleep in the second bedroom, which was always called “the back room” even though it and my grandmother’s bedroom formed the back of the house. It was the room with a […]
Philip Levine Named U.S. Poet Laureate
On Aug. 10, poet Philip Levine was named the U.S. Poet Laureate.
Matthew Duggan’s “Underworld: The Modern Orpheus”
Duggan has done something wonderful here with this retelling of an old, old story. He’s given it a modern sensibility while remaining true to its mythological origins.
The Cinnamon Beetle 6
Six poems and 16 fragments – the last of our poems developed from the recent Twitter poetry party.
Anne Overstreet: Influences and Faith
In June, poet Anne Overstreet published her first collection of poems, entitled Delicate Machinery Suspended: Poems. It is about memory and faith, affection and love, work done and work done well, and even playfulness. The poems are about a life observed, but also a life to come. It’s a beautiful work.
The Cinnamon Beetle 5
Below are five poems and five fragments pulled from our recent Twitter poetry party.
The Cinnamon Beetle 4
Our recent Twitter poetry party swirled around oceans and ashes, a drive down side roads, the telephone and how something as mundane as burning the toast becomes something else again.
The Cinnamon Beetle 3
We now have an additional seven poems from our recent Twitter poetry party.
The Cinnamon Beetle 2
Below are an additional five poems from our recent Twitter poetry party.
The Cinnamon Beetle
Somehow, Legos, cinnamon beetles, tattoos and open windows became the focus of the early part of our Twitter poetry party.
Alice and the Chinese Jar 5
Below are the final five poems from the recent Twitter poetry party.
Anne Overstreet’s “Delicate Machinery Suspended”
This collection, Overstreet’s first, displays a command of language, style and content that is deeply affecting. You are watching a series of scenes filmed with the eye of an artist.
Alice and the Chinese Jar 4
Something unusual happened with this group during the Twitter poetry party; you’ll see it in the last two poems.