I started reading Letters Home by Sylvia Plath - edited by Aurelia S. Plath.
I am struck by the magnitude of Sylvia's expressive abilities at age 14.
Monday, December 15, 2003
Friday, December 12, 2003
If You're Happy and You Know It....
Thanks Michaela for sharing the link to Bad Attitudes and the snappy little ditty It cracked me up and of course the damn tune is stuck in my head and likely will be all day long.
Stick Poet's Top Five Blogs of the Week List
Here's the Blogs that caught my attention most this week among the many I've read. There is one totally new to the list.
No. 5 - Blue Kangaroo (last week No. 4)
No. 4 - The Humbug Journal (debut on list)
No. 3 - the Ingredient (last week No. 1)
No. 2 - Mikarrhea (last week No. 3)
No. 1 - Chewing on Pencils (last week No. 2)
Congratulations to one and all for holding my attention (grin)
No. 5 - Blue Kangaroo (last week No. 4)
No. 4 - The Humbug Journal (debut on list)
No. 3 - the Ingredient (last week No. 1)
No. 2 - Mikarrhea (last week No. 3)
No. 1 - Chewing on Pencils (last week No. 2)
Congratulations to one and all for holding my attention (grin)
Thursday, December 11, 2003
I'm in a bit of a quandary....
"Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it."
- Richard Hugo (1923-1982)
This narrows the possibilities down to just about anything that I can't imagine.
- Richard Hugo (1923-1982)
This narrows the possibilities down to just about anything that I can't imagine.
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Katey on Lola and Louise
This is riotous! I love her work. You have to check it out here.
Katey's blog is such a great read. Her poetic voice resonates with a real enthusiastic quality that is simply magnetic. Her blog is really coming along nicely. She posts regularly and has collected a number of excellent resource links on her site. Last week she was # 2 on my top five reading list and she hasn't hurt her position any this week.
Katey's blog is such a great read. Her poetic voice resonates with a real enthusiastic quality that is simply magnetic. Her blog is really coming along nicely. She posts regularly and has collected a number of excellent resource links on her site. Last week she was # 2 on my top five reading list and she hasn't hurt her position any this week.
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Plum Ruby Review
I have to give a lot of kudos to Crystal King and G.S. McCormick for the first release of Plum Ruby Review.
The site is so well put together. Especially for a first issue.
In the poetry, Killing a Frog by James Keane was among my favorites. I liked that he pitted childhood against adulthood and churned feelings and memories in a tangled web. It was Harding Stedler's That Will Teach Him that was my favorite. I could almost visualize it having been a Billy Collins poem. Hobgoblin by Gordon Moyer was great. I love such frank displays with language. Congeries of Autumn also by Moyer was enjoyable. A pleasing flow, and vivid picture. Michelle Martinez's Cory Wright had an appealing brutalism to it. Well done. I didn't so much care for her other piece. Nor did I find the other poems so much to my taste. I can be picky.
The poetry impressed me much more than the fiction. I won't even go into the fiction selections.
The non-fiction piece, Poet for Troubled Times a work by Burton Watson, translator - and reviewed by G.S. McCormick was top-notch!
Plum Ruby Review overall gets a favorable assessment on my part. Since poetry itself is such a subjectively personal preference I am sure others may feel different about various poems in this issue. There is quality work here and the review is worth taking in if you haven't. I will be anxious to see future issues.
The site is so well put together. Especially for a first issue.
In the poetry, Killing a Frog by James Keane was among my favorites. I liked that he pitted childhood against adulthood and churned feelings and memories in a tangled web. It was Harding Stedler's That Will Teach Him that was my favorite. I could almost visualize it having been a Billy Collins poem. Hobgoblin by Gordon Moyer was great. I love such frank displays with language. Congeries of Autumn also by Moyer was enjoyable. A pleasing flow, and vivid picture. Michelle Martinez's Cory Wright had an appealing brutalism to it. Well done. I didn't so much care for her other piece. Nor did I find the other poems so much to my taste. I can be picky.
The poetry impressed me much more than the fiction. I won't even go into the fiction selections.
The non-fiction piece, Poet for Troubled Times a work by Burton Watson, translator - and reviewed by G.S. McCormick was top-notch!
Plum Ruby Review overall gets a favorable assessment on my part. Since poetry itself is such a subjectively personal preference I am sure others may feel different about various poems in this issue. There is quality work here and the review is worth taking in if you haven't. I will be anxious to see future issues.
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