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Author: The Best American Poetry
The first poetry book I’m recommending in 2024 is Pittsburghese by Robert Gibb, published by Michigan State University Press/Wheelbarrow Books on January 1. Pittsburghese is part elegy for the no-longer steel mills and part ode to the inhabitants of Pittsburgh and nearby Homestead. As a person who grew up in a dying mill town (Woonsocket,…
Waste of Time.—What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! In scattering compliments, tendering visits, gathering and venting news, following feasts and plays, making a little winter-love in a dark corner. — Ben Jonson, (1572–1637) My college roommate Ben cracked about History, specifically History 3001X…
And we all said, “Save the children!” He was born to a mother Who didn’t want him And to a faceless father And we all said, “Save the children!” She was moved From home to home Her mother wanted a chance But couldn’t care for her And we all said, “Save the children!” He has…
Enter this bewildered land animals and people are lonely the tree groans fearing, maybe felled, hills luscious taking cover under rains of wraith, this is a country my dear which has dreams for millions who quiver waiting by the side of a blood- red river, this country my dear I hold broken in lotus palms…
You own my lust How does it feel ? On this side of the fence There’s rumblings Throbbing in the summer night Wistfully longing You own me Take good care of me I don’t break easily But when I do, I break hard Xxx The post Wistfully Longing | G. S. Katz appeared first on…
I wake to find not that I am Gregor Samsa but that I am still me. Gone is the worry of yesterday, I hold the switch to my anxiety. It is in a place I know of. Gone is yesterday’s version. Who was that guy anyway? What did he know? Today is the day. More…