Marly Youmans's Blog, page 150
June 1, 2011
At Ceinws / Watermark
Pot-holes near the gorge, Ceinws,Wales.
drylung
This is what the world
will look like
when all the water leaves.
Cracked blue tempera in a yellow styrofoam
egg carton.
Our mouths will fill with gravel
and we will learn to speak
in stones.
--Clayton T. Michaels, WATERMARK,
published by qarrtsiluni in collaboration
with Phoenicia Publishing, Montreal.
Winner, 2010 qarrtsiluni chapbook
drylung
This is what the world
will look like
when all the water leaves.
Cracked blue tempera in a yellow styrofoam
egg carton.
Our mouths will fill with gravel
and we will learn to speak
in stones.
--Clayton T. Michaels, WATERMARK,
published by qarrtsiluni in collaboration
with Phoenicia Publishing, Montreal.
Winner, 2010 qarrtsiluni chapbook
The House of Words (no. 31): poet Hannah Stephenson on inspiration
Evidently there are many rooms
in The House of Words.
Today we wander out of the publishing wing
and into the room of the practical muse.
Poet Hannah Stephenson gives advice on
dailiness and inspiration.
Hannah blogs at The Storialist,
where you may find the results
of her advice and much more,
including many links to Hannah-on-the-web.
The Earned Eureka: Locating and Generating Inspiration
in The House of Words.
Today we wander out of the publishing wing
and into the room of the practical muse.
Poet Hannah Stephenson gives advice on
dailiness and inspiration.
Hannah blogs at The Storialist,
where you may find the results
of her advice and much more,
including many links to Hannah-on-the-web.
The Earned Eureka: Locating and Generating Inspiration
May 31, 2011
Happy Birthday from the Hills
Shiny! Look at the hardware...
I put money where other people's mouths are.
Little brother on his sister's birthday, age 13.
I hate to bump Meri Wells from the top spot before today is finished (go see!) but just felt like saying a big, echoing, tunnel-mad Happy Birthday! to my third and youngest child. Fourteen years ago on this day a little runt and I were both trying our best to die
Shiny! Look at the hardware...
I put money where other people's mouths are.
Little brother on his sister's birthday, age 13.
I hate to bump Meri Wells from the top spot before today is finished (go see!) but just felt like saying a big, echoing, tunnel-mad Happy Birthday! to my third and youngest child. Fourteen years ago on this day a little runt and I were both trying our best to die
May 30, 2011
Wales Album: visiting Meri Wells, part two
What is that--precious jar of unguent,
ambrosia gone soft and dangerous,
clay cradling beads of gold to soothe the sea
when the storms rise and the selkies toss?
Perhaps it is a gift for my youngest child,
who is 14 today. Happy birthday!
Pensive, dreaming of landscapes we do not know.
Gallery frolic and caw.
He held my hand. Was both fearsome and sweet.
Riot of forms... the
ambrosia gone soft and dangerous,
clay cradling beads of gold to soothe the sea
when the storms rise and the selkies toss?
Perhaps it is a gift for my youngest child,
who is 14 today. Happy birthday!
Pensive, dreaming of landscapes we do not know.
Gallery frolic and caw.
He held my hand. Was both fearsome and sweet.
Riot of forms... the
The House of Words (no. 30): Nic Sebastian on nanopress
Signs of nanopress editing!
Nic Sebastian hails from Arlington, Virginia and travels widely. Her first collection, Forever Will End On Thursday (http://bit.ly/dFWcg6) was edited by Jill Alexander Essbaum and published by Lordly Dish Nanopress -- a poetry press with a twist (http://bit.ly/dZQNEU). Her work has appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review, Anti-, MiPOesias, Salt River Review, Mannequin
Nic Sebastian hails from Arlington, Virginia and travels widely. Her first collection, Forever Will End On Thursday (http://bit.ly/dFWcg6) was edited by Jill Alexander Essbaum and published by Lordly Dish Nanopress -- a poetry press with a twist (http://bit.ly/dZQNEU). Her work has appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review, Anti-, MiPOesias, Salt River Review, Mannequin
May 29, 2011
Wales Album: tiny portals
Close by was a little table with the words DRINK ME
written on the table in gold letters.
At Castell Powis, near Welshpool, Powys, Wales.
A tiny, tiny house belonging to little Alis
and her family at Ceinws--
but who could live in a house so small?
Clive Hicks Jenkins
invites me to climb up and pass through a portal
between two worlds--
one of them inhabited by strange beings.
At Meri
written on the table in gold letters.
At Castell Powis, near Welshpool, Powys, Wales.
A tiny, tiny house belonging to little Alis
and her family at Ceinws--
but who could live in a house so small?
Clive Hicks Jenkins
invites me to climb up and pass through a portal
between two worlds--
one of them inhabited by strange beings.
At Meri
May 28, 2011
Wales Album: visiting Meri Wells, part one
Wandering, I find pottery guardians in the garden.
Am I in Wales? Elsewhere, I think.
A glimpse of the ceramics studio and sheep field beyond,
with a table topped with an old piece of slate
that Meri traded for some concrete blocks.
A headless and quartered creature
pinned to the boards!
Meri Wells's studio, with a view of field and mountain.
Here I am rambling the yard--
earth
Am I in Wales? Elsewhere, I think.
A glimpse of the ceramics studio and sheep field beyond,
with a table topped with an old piece of slate
that Meri traded for some concrete blocks.
A headless and quartered creature
pinned to the boards!
Meri Wells's studio, with a view of field and mountain.
Here I am rambling the yard--
earth
May 27, 2011
"The Throne of Psyche" at The Green Toad Bookstore: a memorable night
Last night we had precisely two dozen (counted by those bean-counters, my sons) people turn out to listen to poetry from The Throne of Psyche at the Green Toad despite the vacation (leftover snow day linked to Memorial Day weekend) beginning that afternoon and despite tornado warnings for our region. And I had a grand time! Lots of laughter and clapping and finger snapping and good questions and
May 26, 2011
The House of Words (no. 29), Dave Bonta and the internet, 9
Banner, Via Negativa
MY: So now we have billions of web pages ... It's easy for readers to feel lost; it's easy for writers starting out to feel swamped or invisible. How do you think a writer who wants to make his or her way in an e-world can find a place? How does such a person find the readers who will feel kindred or be interested?
MY: So now we have billions of web pages ... It's easy for
MY: So now we have billions of web pages ... It's easy for readers to feel lost; it's easy for writers starting out to feel swamped or invisible. How do you think a writer who wants to make his or her way in an e-world can find a place? How does such a person find the readers who will feel kindred or be interested?
MY: So now we have billions of web pages ... It's easy for
May 25, 2011
"In Extremis" from THE THRONE OF PSYCHE: the Digby video
A reminder:
I am reading from The Throne of Psyche--
7 p.m. May 26, Thursday
The Green Toad Bookstore
198 Main, Oneonta NY
This does have something to do with the poem...
Well, it's another wacky morning at the Miller-Youmans residence. Already racked up about sixty facebook suggestions--they're zooming up fast, all witty or silly or now-and-then helpful--on how to get the teeny forest mice (
I am reading from The Throne of Psyche--
7 p.m. May 26, Thursday
The Green Toad Bookstore
198 Main, Oneonta NY
This does have something to do with the poem...
Well, it's another wacky morning at the Miller-Youmans residence. Already racked up about sixty facebook suggestions--they're zooming up fast, all witty or silly or now-and-then helpful--on how to get the teeny forest mice (
