Marly Youmans's Blog, page 15
May 10, 2019
Red King has a Heffalump, it seems...
Pub date TBA soon...
HEFFALUMP!
Here's one of the interior images for my The Book of the Red King poetry collection, one recently shared in The Rollipoke along with a cockatrice (!) and some poems about the Fool and the Red King... Interior and exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Phoenicia Publishing
CC: twitter, facebook
HEFFALUMP!
Here's one of the interior images for my The Book of the Red King poetry collection, one recently shared in The Rollipoke along with a cockatrice (!) and some poems about the Fool and the Red King... Interior and exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Phoenicia Publishing
CC: twitter, facebook
Red King has a Hefalump, it seems...
Pub date TBA soon...
HEFALUMP!
Here's one of the interior images for my The Book of the Red King poetry collection, one recently shared in The Rollipoke along with a cockatrice (!) and some poems about the Fool and the Red King... Interior and exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Phoenicia Publishing
CC: twitter, facebook
HEFALUMP!
Here's one of the interior images for my The Book of the Red King poetry collection, one recently shared in The Rollipoke along with a cockatrice (!) and some poems about the Fool and the Red King... Interior and exterior art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Phoenicia Publishing
CC: twitter, facebook
May 6, 2019
Down and out in Cripplegate Ward
John Rocque's 1746 map of London, showing Grub Street in Cripplegate Ward, above and to the right of St. Giles and the Cripple-gate churchyard--running from Chiswell to Fore Street. Public domain, via Wikipedia
I'm afraid there was no wondrous golden time for writers--oh, there were times when disparate talents came together in one region and vied with one another, but even then there was
I'm afraid there was no wondrous golden time for writers--oh, there were times when disparate talents came together in one region and vied with one another, but even then there was
May 2, 2019
Symbols and Pronouns, Ships and Women
Hervé Cozanet,The bow and the figureof schooner Recouvrance in Brest, 2006Creative Commons - Share Alike 3.0Sourced via Wikipedia
Symbols often explain some underlying shape of the world as it has been understood for millennia. History can suggest how long a symbol has been present. Language refers to and reveals those symbols. And language is a curious thing. Looked at closely, it can reveal
Symbols often explain some underlying shape of the world as it has been understood for millennia. History can suggest how long a symbol has been present. Language refers to and reveals those symbols. And language is a curious thing. Looked at closely, it can reveal
April 25, 2019
Poetry matters
New poems both online and in print for subscribers, if you happen to be one...
"The Library's Child" appears in the Canadian (from the Cardus think tank in Ontario) journal Comment: The Books Issue (Spring 2019), edited by John Wilson, one of the world's great readers and editors. Thanks to him for asking.
"The Master of the Embroidered Foliage" is published in the May 5th issue of The Living
"The Library's Child" appears in the Canadian (from the Cardus think tank in Ontario) journal Comment: The Books Issue (Spring 2019), edited by John Wilson, one of the world's great readers and editors. Thanks to him for asking.
"The Master of the Embroidered Foliage" is published in the May 5th issue of The Living
Winnowing the libraries
Nineteenth century artistic rendering of the Library of Alexandria by the German artist O. Von CorvenPublic domain, Wikipedia
Time is and always has been the great judge of the merit of books. Lost or long-forgotten books like the works of Edward Taylor and Emily Dickinson (left in manuscript) or John Donne (out of fashion for centuries) or Moby Dick (by heroic Melville, bravely writing on
Time is and always has been the great judge of the merit of books. Lost or long-forgotten books like the works of Edward Taylor and Emily Dickinson (left in manuscript) or John Donne (out of fashion for centuries) or Moby Dick (by heroic Melville, bravely writing on
April 20, 2019
Easter Triduum greetings--
A lovely crucifixion in linden (12" x 16″) by the interesting Montreal icon carver, Jonathan Pageau. From "Understanding the Icons of Holy Week," https://www.orthodoxartsjournal.org/u.... You may meet facets of him at Orthodox Arts Journal, twitter, and YouTube. Go to his gallery at Pageau Carvings to see more of his art. I'm fond of his writings and podcasts about
April 14, 2019
A Causley poem for Holy Week
Composer Jussi Chydenius's
setting of "I Am the Great Sun" by Charles Causley,
a poem inspired by a seventeenth-century Normandy crucifix.
Hofstra Chamber Choir
David Fryling, Conductor
* * *
I AM THE GREAT SUN
I am the great sun, but you do not see me,
I am your husband, but you turn away.
I am the captive, but you do not free me,
I
setting of "I Am the Great Sun" by Charles Causley,
a poem inspired by a seventeenth-century Normandy crucifix.
Hofstra Chamber Choir
David Fryling, Conductor
* * *
I AM THE GREAT SUN
I am the great sun, but you do not see me,
I am your husband, but you turn away.
I am the captive, but you do not free me,
I
April 10, 2019
Gone to Carolina
Where? I've been away in the North Carolina mountains for more than a month: hiking on private (Dan Pitillo's flower trails are wondrous) and public lands; hunting for Oconee bells and spring beauty and trout lilies, etc.; helping my mother with various needs; celebrating my mother's 90th birthday (along with more family in Cullowhee for a week); thrifting; eating at Slabtown (best pizza in
February 27, 2019
2 forthcoming books
New page about a 2019 poetry collection and a 2020 novel here.
