In terms of my poetry world, 2015 has turned out to be a year of endings and legacies. The Poetry … More
Tag: CK Williams
Lifesaving Poems: CK Williams’s ‘Kin’
Kin“You make me sick!” this, with rancor, vehemence, disgust—again, “You hear me? Sick!”with rancor, vehemence, disgust again, with rage and … More
Lifesaving Poems: Stephen Berg’s ‘Eating Outside’
Eating OutsideFat pine boughsdroop over the vegetable garden’ssticks and leaves,the moon’s hazy face comes and goesin the heat.Beautiful women,your skin … More
My Hero: Michael Laskey
Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds as you read … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More
Lifesaving Poems 