Marly Youmans's Blog, page 151
May 23, 2011
The House of Words (no. 27), Dave Bonta and the internet, 7
Dave's "porcupine tree,"
a ridgetop chestnut
MY: Moreover because you have no reluctance to give your blog "first publication rights" for poems or photographs or short films, you always have interesting and varied material. In fact, you have none of the need to tally up publications that so many poets do — so many being tied to colleges and universities. You appear to have a remarkable
Dave's "porcupine tree,"
a ridgetop chestnut
MY: Moreover because you have no reluctance to give your blog "first publication rights" for poems or photographs or short films, you always have interesting and varied material. In fact, you have none of the need to tally up publications that so many poets do — so many being tied to colleges and universities. You appear to have a remarkable
May 21, 2011
Poems at "The Flea"
Special Mermaid Tavern issue
in honor of "The Flea"
on its second natal day--
two years of blood and song.
I have three poems in the Mermaid Tavern issue of "The Flea," two of them written expressly for this roistering, carousing celebration! They also fit into my The Book of the Red King sequence: "Song of the Fisher-Folk"; "Fool's Toast to the Red King"; and "The Mermaid Tavern."
The Flea
in honor of "The Flea"
on its second natal day--
two years of blood and song.
I have three poems in the Mermaid Tavern issue of "The Flea," two of them written expressly for this roistering, carousing celebration! They also fit into my The Book of the Red King sequence: "Song of the Fisher-Folk"; "Fool's Toast to the Red King"; and "The Mermaid Tavern."
The Flea
The House of Words (no. 26): Being in cahoots with other artists
More Bontasaurus wisdom tomorrow! Today's post reflects on yesterday's theme of collaboration and how it has surprised me along the way...
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One thing that the web has brought me is friendship with artists in my and other fields and collaboration with them. If you are lucky, certain friendships can even be inspiring. Here are a few examples of how I have mixed up the media with friends!
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One thing that the web has brought me is friendship with artists in my and other fields and collaboration with them. If you are lucky, certain friendships can even be inspiring. Here are a few examples of how I have mixed up the media with friends!
May 20, 2011
Reading from "The Throne of Psyche" at The Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta, May 26, 7 p.m.
Marly not at the Green Toad but in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2009
House of Words (no. 25): Dave Bonta and the internet, 6
Dave Bonta, "Brush Mountain under ice,"
February 2011
MY: One thing I notice about the online part of what publishers call "presence" — particularly through Facebook and sometimes through my blog — is that I meet people who want to collaborate. I don't always have the time for this, but I have met wonderful artists in various fields this way. They have given me far more than I can ever give
February 2011
MY: One thing I notice about the online part of what publishers call "presence" — particularly through Facebook and sometimes through my blog — is that I meet people who want to collaborate. I don't always have the time for this, but I have met wonderful artists in various fields this way. They have given me far more than I can ever give
May 18, 2011
Maquettes and Myra: wholly unrelated M's
Dave Telfer's shot of Clive
before the opening of "Clive Hicks Jenkins"
at The National Library of Wales, The Gregynog Gallery.
If you go to Telfer's Culture Colony site here, you can see a film
(a collaborative effort by Clive, Peter Wakelin, and Dave Telfer)
showing how Clive manipulates his maquettes to gain new ideas.
This film is one of two featured at Clive's retrospective show.
before the opening of "Clive Hicks Jenkins"
at The National Library of Wales, The Gregynog Gallery.
If you go to Telfer's Culture Colony site here, you can see a film
(a collaborative effort by Clive, Peter Wakelin, and Dave Telfer)
showing how Clive manipulates his maquettes to gain new ideas.
This film is one of two featured at Clive's retrospective show.
The House of Words (no. 24): Dave Bonta and internet publishing, 5
Dave takes a picture at Rhoneymeade--
arboretum, sculpture garden, and labyrinth.
Back to The House of Words after travels in the Carolinas and Wales, where I met Dave Bonta in the flesh at Ty Isaf. He is as remarkable a fellow as one would imagine, after meeting him on his blog, and so he is one of the many reasons that I am glad that I drove to North Carolina, hopped on planes in Asheville
arboretum, sculpture garden, and labyrinth.
Back to The House of Words after travels in the Carolinas and Wales, where I met Dave Bonta in the flesh at Ty Isaf. He is as remarkable a fellow as one would imagine, after meeting him on his blog, and so he is one of the many reasons that I am glad that I drove to North Carolina, hopped on planes in Asheville
May 16, 2011
Maggie's interview and more
HOME SILLY-SWEET HOME
N & Dad coming home from the track meet while I unload the car of my gear for Wales and North Carolina, along with sundry rocks and gifts and plants from my mother's garden.
N, age 13: Squints eyes, looks at a license on the car ahead.
N: "A mind is like a parakeet."
Dad, age 50: "No, it says a mind is like a parachute."
N: "No, parakeet."
Dad: "No, parachute. They both
N & Dad coming home from the track meet while I unload the car of my gear for Wales and North Carolina, along with sundry rocks and gifts and plants from my mother's garden.
N, age 13: Squints eyes, looks at a license on the car ahead.
N: "A mind is like a parakeet."
Dad, age 50: "No, it says a mind is like a parachute."
N: "No, parakeet."
Dad: "No, parachute. They both
BAHR-blurb for THE THRONE OF PSYCHE
When a person reads a Marly Youmans poem, all the spaces 'round about fall silent. The busy world is hushed, and her words, each one perfect and pinned in its perfect place, rise into the silence and burst into light. I, a poor mortal, can explain her work in no other terms.
--Howard Bahr
--Howard Bahr
