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November 2, 2020
The Plague Papers at Poemeleon
"The Wife's Reply," originally at Autumn Sky Poetry, is now part of poet Robbi Nester's anthology The Plague Papers. The online anthology is inviting and colorful, images that inspired its poems arranged in a lovely table-of-contents grid by Cati Porter of Poemeleon, where the online book is housed.Clip from Robbi's introduction: In this anthology, the only one of its kind to my knowledge, we
Published on November 02, 2020 06:54
October 25, 2020
New reading, new poems--
POETRY, MOSTLYI've been down in Carolina for some weeks, and of course I did not bring enough books with me (because who can bring enough?), even though there are books here as well, and I somehow tumbled into the lovely Harry Alter Books while my mother was at PT and came out with a Modern Library Pound Poems and Translations, some Horace odes, a pretty Petrarch collection, and Rupert Brooke.
Published on October 25, 2020 17:15
October 14, 2020
Professor Phillips at Lafayette.edu
Thanks to @MobyProf for this short, strong review at https://today.lafayette.edu/2020/10/1... Click to big-ify!
Published on October 14, 2020 12:57
October 10, 2020
Clive, Charis, clips, poems
CLIVE'S LATEST PRINT WITH PENFOLD PRESSInterested in the multitudinous making of Clive Hicks-Jenkins, who has illuminated so many of my books and made them beautiful? Here's yet another affordable chance to own a bit of his work.Clip from his website: Launched today, my new print edition with Dan Bugg at Penfold Press, The Tiger’s Bride. It marks a return to a theme I explored in my first print
Published on October 10, 2020 17:30
October 5, 2020
Autumn skies
"The Young Wife's Reply" at Autumn Sky Poetry Daily(Response to "The Husband's Message," c. 970, from the Exeter Book)I've fallen behind with posting online publications on the blog and should resolve to do better, but here's one that came in this morning. Autumn Sky is one of those rare places that has quick turnaround and also likes formal poetry, so you'll find a number of poems of mine in the
Published on October 05, 2020 09:03
September 28, 2020
My summer escapes, etc.
Bryan Nelson Elder CC BY-SA 3.0SUMMER ESCAPES FROM THE CRAZINESS,Accompanied by the Youngest and the HusbandMy husband was supposed to be volunteering in Mongolia this summer and was attempting to lure me along. Needless to confess, the woes of the virus kept us in the Village of Cooperstown. And we had some luck, as it was the prettiest summer in 22 years, sunny and warm and blooming. And now
Published on September 28, 2020 14:37
September 15, 2020
New interview
Rear cover detail, front cover detailby Clive Hicks-JenkinsAn interview diving into Charis in the World of Wonders. With the stellar questions of Amit Majmudar. At his Kenyon Review blog.
Published on September 15, 2020 09:33
August 19, 2020
Horse. Angel. Riddle.
Once again, I have been terribly lazy about sending out. But thanks to Callum James (I met him some years ago in Wales, during splendid celebrations for the retrospective of painter Clive Hicks-Jenkins) for requesting some poems for the Spiritus Mundi series at Cunning Folk in the U.K. He was, for a short time, their poetry editor. The lovely illustration above is by Helen Nicholson, who is an
Published on August 19, 2020 17:11
August 11, 2020
Dear Wikipedia, I object--
Among the many bothersome or dreadful things presenting themselves to my mind in 2020--global, national, and personal things--is the fact that Wikipedia still determines that I am a New Formalist. I noticed this claim some years ago. Perhaps many years ago. In fact, dear Wikipedia, I wrote you about this wee but annoying issue back in February of 2016.But having accidentally fallen once more into
Published on August 11, 2020 21:14
August 2, 2020
Anders, Charis, Red King
Another "tiny" at North American Anglican: Anders, Young and OldAnd if you go here on the NAA site, you can take a look at more tinies and a few poems. Thanks so much to Clinton Collister for requesting poetry and tinies! * * *Clips from new reviews of Charis in the World of Wonders:Photo by Paul DigbyA charming literary work that envelops the reader in the chaotic frontier life of Puritan
Published on August 02, 2020 16:22