David Anthony Sam's Blog, page 155
July 22, 2018
The Magnolia Review just accepted 6 of my poems for publication in their Volume 5 Issue 1 early in 2019.
Thank you Magnolia Review for accepting 6 of my poems for publication in Volume 5 Issue 1 early in 2019.
Those of us descended from past generations of “wretched refuse”
Those of us descended from past generations of “wretched refuse” must not totally close the harbor to thos3 who seek refuge today.
The New Colossus
Emma Lazarus, 1849 – 1887
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
This poem is in the public domain.
July 21, 2018
July 20, 2018
Issue 4.2 of the Magnolia Review is out including 3 of my poems.
Issue 4.2 of the Magnolia Review is out including 3 of my poems. The theme was “comics.”
“Superhero at Work” is a parody based loosely on my life wearing a suit. (p. 29)
Plus 2 collage poems:
“It’s a Stupid Game, Isn’t It?” melds lines from the great Calvin and Hobbes comic to continue its critique of war. (p. 42)
‘Chain-Smoked Monkeys” assembles some of the greatest lines from The Simpsons into a surreal poem. (p. 98)
July 19, 2018
Two of my poems have been published by Dual Coast Magazine
Two of my poems have been published online by Dual Coast Magazine:
You can also purchase a print copy HERE.
July 17, 2018
A joy to read even as it squarely faces the mortality of the individual and the species
Local Extinctions by Mary Quade
My rating:4 out of 5 stars
Mary Quade’s “Local Extinctions” melds the ecological awareness of our destruction of nature through the example of the passenger pigeon with subtle social commentary and personal biography. She has the careful eye of a naturalist with a whimsical sense of comarision as she describes the mole:
Its tined fin-like forelegs
for diving, surfacing–land’s
inconsiderable whale
And she looks at her own childhood without maudlin nostalgia but a gratitude for its “Small Hurts” as she gives homage to the rough playground of her youth in comparison with the too-safe plastic and rubber mulched present:
You allowed us all
to break our bones, to see beneath our blank
skin–
persecuted knees, ephemeral teeth, the sanguine world
of gravity…”
There is something of Maxine Kumin in Quade’s work and something all her own.”Local Extinctions” is a joy to read even as it squarely faces the mortality of the individual and the species.
July 14, 2018
The purpose of poetry according to Donald Hall
Donald Hall on poetry: “There is no other purpose than the beauty of it. And that is reason enough to be.”
July 13, 2018
Two of my poems have been published online at Dual Coast Magazine
Two of my poems have been published online at Dual Coast Magazine. The printed issue will follow later this year.
Both of these poems are influenced by my readngs of Japansese and Chinese poetry in translation. “A Posture” detves from a hot I took while hiking near St. Joseph, FL.
July 11, 2018
The Voices Project will publish my poem “Hypotonia” online on August 2, 2018.
The Voices Project will publish my poem “Hypotonia” online on August 2, 2018.
This poem is another dealing with the time when my mother was dying and the great debt I owe her.
