January 2009
8 posts
BETWEEN GAZES →
Louise Glück: Archaic Fragment →
lumpy-pudding:
I was trying to love matter. I taped a sign over the mirror: You cannot hate matter and love form. It was a beautiful day, though cold. This was, for me, an extravagantly emotional gesture. …….your poem: tried, but could not. I taped a sign over the first sign: Cry, weep, thrash yourself, rend your garments— List of things to love: dirt, food, shells, human hair. ……. said...
Grace Hartigan on poetry →
lumpy-pudding:
“How can I explain my love and respect for the poets who have enriched my life?” Grace Hartigan asks. “Poetry is the most pure of the arts. It is non-utilitarian. The expression does not give the creator power, prestige or money. It tells us what life is about, what it is to feel, to think, to question.”
Greetings, 2009.... →
i12bent:
New Year’s Day— everything is in blossom! I feel about average.
- Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1828)