David Anthony Sam's Blog, page 105
July 2, 2022
The best of Robert Frost is Devastatingly Simple in its Devastation
Provide, Provide
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
The witch that came (the withered hag)
To wash the steps with pail and rag
Was once the beauty Abishag,
The picture pride of Hollywood.
Too many fall from great and good
For you to doubt the likelihood.
Die early and avoid the fate.
Or if predestined to die late,
Make up your mind to die in state.
Make the whole stock exchange your own!
If need be occupy a throne,
Where nobody can call you crone.
Some have relied on what they knew,
Others on being simply true.
What worked for them might work for you.
No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard
Or keeps the end from being hard.
Better to go down dignified
With boughten friendship at your side
Than none at all. Provide, provide!
July 1, 2022
Read one of the poems from my new collection
My poem “Taconic Orogeny” from my new collection, originally published in Vine Leaves Literary Review. Order your copy oy my book HERE.
June 29, 2022
Randall Jarrell on “obscurity” in poetry
“When someone says to me something I am not accustomed to hearing or do not want to hear, i say to him: I do not understand you; and we respond in just this way to poets.” Randall Jarrell
June 23, 2022
June 20, 2022
A poem from my new collection
A poem originally written in graduation from Lead Virginia in 2010 and included in slightly revised form in my new collection, Writing the Significant Soil. Order my book HERE.
June 18, 2022
I’ve received my copies of my new collection from Wayfarer Books. The publisher will release them to the public on July 12
I’ve received my copies of my new collection from Wayfarer Books. The publisher will release them to the public on July 12. Order HERE.
June 17, 2022
Aji Magazine has accepted my poem “Some Have Entertained Unawares” for publication in their next issue.
Aji Magazine has accepted my poem “Some Have Entertained Unawares” for publication in their next issue.
This is the eighth time they have published my poetry and I than the Editor, Erin O’Neill Armendarez, and staff.
