Lesley Jenike's Blog, page 26
October 19, 2009
So I was talking with Intagliod the other day about those...
So I was talking with Intagliod the other day about those new formalists who strive for a flat, conversational line that buries the meter and the rhyme under a kind of casualness that, to be honest, bores the crap out of me. I mean, I understand the effort it takes to appear effortless, and I appreciate that, but what if we could use traditional form for evil, not for good? What if the lines bounced and flounced and rhymed all over the place? I've been, in my secret evil laboratory, working o...
October 16, 2009
Every day rises and descends like a balloon without a boy...
Every day rises and descends like a balloon without a boy in it.
Speaking to Jeredith again after so much time spent in self-prescribed exile: that's a lift. The prospect of teaching a modern American poetry class in the spring: even higher. But oh these cold rainy days! And oh these four classes! Do you see what they do to me?!?:
Speaking to Jeredith again after so much time spent in self-prescribed exile: that's a lift. The prospect of teaching a modern American poetry class in the spring: even higher. But oh these cold rainy days! And oh these four classes! Do you see what they do to me?!?:
October 13, 2009
Happy birthday, Claudine!!!
Happy birthday, Claudine!!!
October 10, 2009
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October 4, 2009
Joni tells us Hejira means to "run away with honor." Have...
Joni tells us Hejira means to "run away with honor." Have you ever run away with honor?
October 2, 2009
October 1, 2009
Album of the week:
Album of the week:
