Marly Youmans's Blog, page 66
April 26, 2014
Angel, muse, duende, and...
Black sounds, part 2.
Part one is here.
H. R. Giger, Birth Machine, 1910.
Wikipedia + Creative Commons license
If we look at the sort of narratives that reach across the face of America, we find that Lorca's muse, angel, and duende are all missing. Perhaps this is no surprise. Studies have shown us that the majority of people don't engage much in written stories, the descendant of our most
Part one is here.
H. R. Giger, Birth Machine, 1910.
Wikipedia + Creative Commons license
If we look at the sort of narratives that reach across the face of America, we find that Lorca's muse, angel, and duende are all missing. Perhaps this is no surprise. Studies have shown us that the majority of people don't engage much in written stories, the descendant of our most
April 25, 2014
Black sounds: 5 readings
Henri Rousseau, La Muse Inspirant le poète,1909. Guillaume Apollinaire with painterMarie Laurencin. via Wikipedia, public domain.
from Federico Garcia Lorca, "Theory and Play of the Duende"(1933)
translation by A. S. Kline - read the full version here
For every man, every artist called Nietzsche or Cézanne, every step that he climbs in the tower of his perfection is at the expense of the
from Federico Garcia Lorca, "Theory and Play of the Duende"(1933)
translation by A. S. Kline - read the full version here
For every man, every artist called Nietzsche or Cézanne, every step that he climbs in the tower of his perfection is at the expense of the
April 24, 2014
Memory Palace and form-in-poetry rant--
rear cover image by Clive Hicks-Jenkins,
The Foliate Head
Oops
Thanks to my excessively courteous Southern upbringing and the disapproving glances of my ancestors, I eventually turned out to be a person who--once I'd grown up, which took me about 30 years--is probably a little too empathetic and who hates to hurt people's feelings and feels boiled in oil for weeks afterward if I accidentally
The Foliate Head
Oops
Thanks to my excessively courteous Southern upbringing and the disapproving glances of my ancestors, I eventually turned out to be a person who--once I'd grown up, which took me about 30 years--is probably a little too empathetic and who hates to hurt people's feelings and feels boiled in oil for weeks afterward if I accidentally
April 23, 2014
"A fantastic in poetry that makes sense"
Clive Hicks-Jenkins vignette for Thaliad
Thank you to Micah Mattix for mentioning Thaliad in his "Surrealism Was a Mistake" at The American Conservative. Here's a clip from the piece, which I found interesting, and not just because he mentions a book of mine...
Despite this, soft surrealism—that is, a little incoherence there, an out of place violent or sexual image there (no one
Thank you to Micah Mattix for mentioning Thaliad in his "Surrealism Was a Mistake" at The American Conservative. Here's a clip from the piece, which I found interesting, and not just because he mentions a book of mine...
Despite this, soft surrealism—that is, a little incoherence there, an out of place violent or sexual image there (no one
The Songbird Guns
Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come
It's
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come
It's
April 21, 2014
Springtime book news roundup
Clive Hicks-Jenkins,interior vignette for Glimmerglass
POETRY SALE
Phoenicia Publishing news: they are having a spring sale in honor of National Poetry Month. I posted about this earlier, or go straight to Phoenicia. Please share a link and information. Small presses need your help to find new audience. Yes, you!
NEW ANTHOLOGY
Mary Meriam's Irresistible Sonnets is out from Headmistress Press
POETRY SALE
Phoenicia Publishing news: they are having a spring sale in honor of National Poetry Month. I posted about this earlier, or go straight to Phoenicia. Please share a link and information. Small presses need your help to find new audience. Yes, you!
NEW ANTHOLOGY
Mary Meriam's Irresistible Sonnets is out from Headmistress Press
April 19, 2014
Resurrection light
This oil by Bramantino (1455-1536) portrays
an unearthly Jesus who has passed through agony
and the realm of death. He is the man who bears
the marks of suffering on body and in face,
and is also the Christ of the Trinity. Silvery,
transfigured shroud, moon-luminous skin,
and sorrowful eyes--the eyes have seen all.
Below the right hand is the abyss of death.
Behind, a ship's mast reminds the
an unearthly Jesus who has passed through agony
and the realm of death. He is the man who bears
the marks of suffering on body and in face,
and is also the Christ of the Trinity. Silvery,
transfigured shroud, moon-luminous skin,
and sorrowful eyes--the eyes have seen all.
Below the right hand is the abyss of death.
Behind, a ship's mast reminds the
April 18, 2014
"Angelic brother"
A bit of work from the wondrous hand of Fra Angelico (1395-1455) for Good Friday. Detail from a crucifixion including both fall and redemption, the blood of Christ beginning to stream onto the skull of Adam.Via Wikipedia, public domain.
April 17, 2014
RT's questions about poetry
Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Rear cover image for my collection
The Foliate Head. UK: Stanza.
RT is a longtime teacher of literature and drama who has now fallen under the axe that chops away college adjuncts who will not fulfill unreasonable demands. He asked me three questions yesterday. (Publisher Beth Adams replied to them in comments of the prior post.) I've answered them here--rather hastily, I
Rear cover image for my collection
The Foliate Head. UK: Stanza.
RT is a longtime teacher of literature and drama who has now fallen under the axe that chops away college adjuncts who will not fulfill unreasonable demands. He asked me three questions yesterday. (Publisher Beth Adams replied to them in comments of the prior post.) I've answered them here--rather hastily, I
April 16, 2014
Phoenicia in the spring: NPM sale
From Phoenicia Publishing:
In honor of National Poetry Month, we've put ALL our poetry titles on sale at 20% off. The sale applies only to orders placed directly through our online store (no Amazon orders, sorry); at check-out, please enter code Q6C5Z6HY and the discount will be applied.
Thanks for your support of poetry, poets, and independent publishing!
Phoenicia catalogue here, including
In honor of National Poetry Month, we've put ALL our poetry titles on sale at 20% off. The sale applies only to orders placed directly through our online store (no Amazon orders, sorry); at check-out, please enter code Q6C5Z6HY and the discount will be applied.
Thanks for your support of poetry, poets, and independent publishing!
Phoenicia catalogue here, including
