2018-02-26 22:16
7. (a) Take the 7th lines out of poems by Neruda, Pushkin, Levertov, Ahkmatova, Montale, Ginsberg, Howe, Hernandez, Char, Cavafy, Huidobro, Clifton, and Lowell and combine them as one… Read More
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2018-02-25 22:14
6. Write sound poems on toilet paper from public park bathrooms. You should try to write the poems while still in the bathroom, but if not possible, write them in a public librar… Read More
2018-02-24 22:13
5. While cramming your overly large buttocks into a tiny pair of jeans, contemplate what William Carlos Williams would say if he met Billy Collins. Once you give up (on either ta… Read More
2018-02-23 22:13
4. Dive below the dark waters of the Acheron, emerge still smiling, and write haikus about lilac bushes. Tips* I&rsquo&hell…Read More
2018-02-22 22:13
3. Using spray paint, write a poem on the side of a brick building. Purchase some explosives and blow up the wall that contains your poem. Take a marker or Sharpie and writ… Read More
2018-02-21 22:12
2. Strip next to a stream, sit in the water under a tree's branches, and write nature poems. (Note: This exercise is taken from Walt Whitman.) … Read More
2018-02-20 22:12
1. Put on a blue jogging suit and jog twenty circles around the White House. When the Secret Service officers come to stop you, pretend you are evading them by running zig zag pa… Read More
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So, one of John Crowe Ransom's most haunting poems to me is "Vision by Sweetwater." I'm not sure it's as good as "Janet Waking," "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter," or "Piazza Piece," but… Read More
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Jim Leftwich and Jukka-Pekka Kervinen's [mnl is f930:]is quite fun to go through, and that is not just because the poets are two of my favorite innovative poets. The book compels… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
check out the new e-book/POD by jay besemer titled A New Territory Sought put out by Moria Books Read More
2016-03-07 05:30
Tom Fink's Selected Poems & Poetics Series brings together many of his best pieces and showcases the range of his work over the years. Some of the pieces that I love like the… Read More
2016-03-07 05:30
Tom Fink's Selected Poems & Poetics Series brings together many of his best pieces and showcases the range of his work over the years. Some of the pieces that I love like the… Read More
2016-03-03 17:04
Morling's and Ellerstrom's The Star By My Head: Poets from Sweden is an anthology of eight Swedish poets. It contains a brief helpful introduction and a "Brief History of Modern Swedis… Read More
2016-03-03 08:00
Sascha Aurora Akhtar's second book 199 Japanese Names for Japanese Trees is filled with hauntingly beautiful sounds. That's not really the main idea of the book, but it is what st… Read More
2016-03-03 03:51
bruno neiva and Paul Hawkins's Servant Drone is a collaborative book that's fascinating partially just for the variety of poems in it. Some of the poems are small lists, some are r… Read More
2016-02-25 04:22
My newest book, Step Below: Selected Poems 2000-2015, is out!ISBN No.: 978-1-934299-10-4Release Date: Spring 2016Co-published by Meritage Press and i.e. press Price: $16.00 (c… Read More
2016-02-18 01:06
Marco Giovenale's Maniera Nera has been sitting by my reading stand for the past few months. I take it up, read a little, and then come back to it later. By this point, I've read… Read More
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I have a great deal of ambivalence concerning the work of Percy Shelley largely because of the treatment of the women in his life, but I also value many of the arguments he puts forward in p… Read More
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Duriel Harris' Amnesiac is amazing. Really, after reading it, I want to step out and scare someone with a "un lirio cortado." The poet forgets, remembers, sings--with images… Read More
2015-02-13 03:43
Since I began the Daily Glance, I have written something about books/chapbooks by the following. Sandra Beasley, Patrick Rosal, Reb Livingston, Ravi Shankar, Jason Bredle, Kyle Schlesin… Read More
2015-02-13 03:00
Joshua Beckman and Matthew Zapruder edited State of the Union back in 2008, so I am a little late in saying something about the book. In fact, several of the poets have died… Read More
2015-02-13 03:00
Bruno neiva's dough is a short chapbook with eighteen brief poems. They work well together, for they seem to be circling around the same themes: getting past small talk, poli… Read More
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Roger Reeves' King Me is a book that ranges widely in terms of literary and geographical references. We have poems from Tupelo, MS, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Whitman peaks… Read More
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Gina Abelkop's Darling Beasties is fun, but at times it is a disturbing read. The poems contain lots of sex, violence, gender issues, beasts, and humor ("Have some sort of plan you can… Read More
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