C. Dale Young's Blog, page 6
April 30, 2018
“Musée des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden
About suffering they were never wrong,
The Old Masters: how well they understood
Its human position;...
The Old Masters: how well they understood
Its human position;...
April 29, 2018
“Redbud” by Ellen Bryant Voigt
Everywhere, like grass: toadflax, yellow coils a girl’s pincurls. Overhead,
the purely...
the purely...
April 28, 2018
“The Wooden Overcoat” by Rick Barot
It turns out there’s a difference between a detailand an image. If the dandelion on the sidewalk...
April 27, 2018
“Medusa” by Louise Bogan
I had come to the house, in a cave of trees,Facing a sheer sky.Everything moved,—a bell hung ready...
April 26, 2018
The Publishing Triangle Announces Winners of 2017 Awards
The Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry: Gabrielle Calvocoressi for Rocket Fantastic (Persea...
“You, Therefore” by Reginald Shepherd
For Robert PhilenYou are like me, you will die too, but not today: you, incommensurate, therefore...
April 25, 2018
“First Thought” by Lorna Dee Cervantes
best thought, you had taught
me — a river runs through it,
the foot of the soul standing
...
me — a river runs through it,
the foot of the soul standing
...
April 24, 2018
“Late Night Ode” by J.D. McClatchy
It’s over, love. Look at me pushing fifty now,
Hair like grave-grass growing in both ears,
...
Hair like grave-grass growing in both ears,
...
April 23, 2018
“Oread” by H.D.
Whirl up, sea— whirl your pointed pines, splash your great pines on our rocks, hurl your green over...
April 22, 2018
“Difficult Body” by Mark Wunderlich
A story: There was a cow in the road, struck by a semi–half-moon of carcass and jutting legs,...
