Glen Hirshberg's Blog - Posts Tagged "benediction"
"Romanticism 101"
T.R.U.E., Week of 7/15, Post #2:
Dean Young "Romanticism 101" (excerpt)
A benediction, of sorts, for all my Readercon friends new and not-new.
And also a manifesto. Another one. I do seem to collect them. I'm that sort of Man. Fest o'Man(i). This ones comes from the jittery, skittering, leaping pen of
Dean Young, one of my very favorite contemporary poets. I found it on the first page of the most recent issue of Poetry:
"If I had to pick between shadows
and essences, I'd pick shadows.
They're better dancers.
They always sing their telegrams.
Their old gods do not die."
Dean Young "Romanticism 101" (excerpt)
A benediction, of sorts, for all my Readercon friends new and not-new.
And also a manifesto. Another one. I do seem to collect them. I'm that sort of Man. Fest o'Man(i). This ones comes from the jittery, skittering, leaping pen of
Dean Young, one of my very favorite contemporary poets. I found it on the first page of the most recent issue of Poetry:
"If I had to pick between shadows
and essences, I'd pick shadows.
They're better dancers.
They always sing their telegrams.
Their old gods do not die."
