Marly Youmans's Blog, page 148
June 25, 2011
Rue for A. E. Housman from "The Throne of Psyche"
This is part of the underpainting for "Touched,"
the painting that adorns the hardcover jacket
and paperback cover of The Throne of Psyche.
If you look at the book image below, you'll see
the designers made an interesting change.
It's a lovely, cool Saturday evening with the birds starting up the twittering machine. I'm a bit sleepy, thanks to waking up to another poem in the night . . . So
the painting that adorns the hardcover jacket
and paperback cover of The Throne of Psyche.
If you look at the book image below, you'll see
the designers made an interesting change.
It's a lovely, cool Saturday evening with the birds starting up the twittering machine. I'm a bit sleepy, thanks to waking up to another poem in the night . . . So
June 24, 2011
Marja-Leena asks a question
I enjoy going to Marja-Leena's site and think you would too.
Yesterday artist Marja-Leena Rathje wrote me a letter and asked about the truth of a post from a website she visits—it's a useful site about books from Finland. The post argued various things: that women writers are judged and marketed by age and by looks; that the "old" and "ugly" have trouble finding publishers and agents; that
Yesterday artist Marja-Leena Rathje wrote me a letter and asked about the truth of a post from a website she visits—it's a useful site about books from Finland. The post argued various things: that women writers are judged and marketed by age and by looks; that the "old" and "ugly" have trouble finding publishers and agents; that
June 23, 2011
The Angel from the Land of Sleep
"Angel Entering a City," Graham Ward.
Graham can be found at his blog and website.
If you go to his blog, you can find out that he
was a Boy Dalek. If you go to his website,
you will find many wonderful pictures.
This morning I wrote a poem, "The Angel from the Land of Sleep and Dream Bestows a Gift." Nothing terribly unusual about writing a poem, of course; a certain number of slightly mad
Graham can be found at his blog and website.
If you go to his blog, you can find out that he
was a Boy Dalek. If you go to his website,
you will find many wonderful pictures.
This morning I wrote a poem, "The Angel from the Land of Sleep and Dream Bestows a Gift." Nothing terribly unusual about writing a poem, of course; a certain number of slightly mad
June 21, 2011
Wales Album: roofs above Cardigan Bay
Gorse, Aberystwyth roofs and chimney pots, Cardigan Bay.
A glimpse of the roofline of The National Library of Wales,
where the Clive Hicks-Jenkins retrospective
in housed in The Gregynog Galley.
Aberystwyth roofs stepping down, down, down
to Cardigan Bay, with a view of the ring fort hill.
The ring fort again, and Cardigan Bay only a faint smudge.
A glimpse of the roofline of The National Library of Wales,
where the Clive Hicks-Jenkins retrospective
in housed in The Gregynog Galley.
Aberystwyth roofs stepping down, down, down
to Cardigan Bay, with a view of the ring fort hill.
The ring fort again, and Cardigan Bay only a faint smudge.
June 20, 2011
Praise for "The Throne of Psyche": Kim Bridgford
When I think of Marly Youmans' work, the word that comes to mind is "magic." By this, I mean not only her language, but her evocation of mystery. Youmans' poems always seem utterly new and startlingly familiar. Moreover, she has admirable range in terms of subject matter and tone. While I tend to favor her poems about the mythological, Youmans shows astonishing skill, whatever the subject. She
June 19, 2011
Happy Father's Day, Michael!
Bassett neurologist Michael Miller says Vietnam's pediatric hospitals
should focus less on technology, and more on old-fashioned physical exams.
Here, Miller examines a boy during a week-long humanitarian mission in March 2011.
ON CALL FOR CARE IN VIETNAM
Back to basics for Bassett neurologist in Southeast Asia
--Trang Ho, special correspondent
Source: Columbia Magazine March 2011
and
Bassett neurologist Michael Miller says Vietnam's pediatric hospitals
should focus less on technology, and more on old-fashioned physical exams.
Here, Miller examines a boy during a week-long humanitarian mission in March 2011.
ON CALL FOR CARE IN VIETNAM
Back to basics for Bassett neurologist in Southeast Asia
--Trang Ho, special correspondent
Source: Columbia Magazine March 2011
and
June 17, 2011
The symbol in poetry
Because I do not have a picture of a golden nightingale,
I shall instead toss in some birds-of-paradise...
Siem Reap, Cambodia, Fall 2009
I am still enjoying Donald A. Stauffer's The Golden Nightingale: Essays on Some Principles of Poetry in the Lyrics of William Butler Yeats (New York: Macmillan, 1949.) I love the way he used Yeats as a kind of lens to say larger things about poetry.
I shall instead toss in some birds-of-paradise...
Siem Reap, Cambodia, Fall 2009
I am still enjoying Donald A. Stauffer's The Golden Nightingale: Essays on Some Principles of Poetry in the Lyrics of William Butler Yeats (New York: Macmillan, 1949.) I love the way he used Yeats as a kind of lens to say larger things about poetry.
June 16, 2011
Dryadic: among beech and maple
No matter how much the old beech raised up arms
against us, we could not help but laugh,
even when it boomed and whistled.
Little forests sprang up on the elephant's foot...
The wish bone of the giants.
The dryad drew the parrot into the tree
where it stayed, dimly visible from the outside.
Lithe Willendorf Venus. Not stone but tree.
against us, we could not help but laugh,
even when it boomed and whistled.
Little forests sprang up on the elephant's foot...
The wish bone of the giants.
The dryad drew the parrot into the tree
where it stayed, dimly visible from the outside.
Lithe Willendorf Venus. Not stone but tree.
June 15, 2011
Creative Joy / West Chester
Poet Jennifer Reeser and West Chester Poetry Conference
Director Kim Bridgford at a 90th birthday party for Richard Wilbur.
As he told me that his birthday was March 1, I hope he has had a long
Mad Hatter's tea party sort of celebration. June 10, 2011, West Chester.
How does poetry delight us? To begin with the most inclusive reason, poetry delights us as a manifestation of energy. A poem is
Director Kim Bridgford at a 90th birthday party for Richard Wilbur.
As he told me that his birthday was March 1, I hope he has had a long
Mad Hatter's tea party sort of celebration. June 10, 2011, West Chester.
How does poetry delight us? To begin with the most inclusive reason, poetry delights us as a manifestation of energy. A poem is
June 14, 2011
Why the People Disliked Art, Circa 2005: dead ends and ways forward
Michael Miller, Sphinx, July 2006,
Μουσείο Ακρόπολης / Acropolis Museum
Here is a poem first published in Electric Velocipede and included in my new book, The Throne of Psyche (Mercer University Press, 2005.) Before I wrote this poem, I was thinking about how most people simply can't read a great deal of art criticism any more--such prose being another unintended victim of Modernism and
Μουσείο Ακρόπολης / Acropolis Museum
Here is a poem first published in Electric Velocipede and included in my new book, The Throne of Psyche (Mercer University Press, 2005.) Before I wrote this poem, I was thinking about how most people simply can't read a great deal of art criticism any more--such prose being another unintended victim of Modernism and
