David Anthony Sam's Blog, page 156
July 1, 2018
My visual poem, “Philemon” has gone live on Heron Tree.
My visual poem, “Philemon” has gone live on Heron Tree.
This poem of metamorphosis I hope suggests the unity of all being. This is the sixth poem of mine Heron Tree has published.
My visual poem, “Philemon” has gone live on Heron Tree.
My visual poem, “Philemon” has gone live on Heron Tree.
This poem of metamorphosis I hope suggests the unity of all being. This is the sixth poem of mine Heron Tree has published.
June 28, 2018
A great writer, not a genre writer. ‘Star Trek’ scriptwriter Harlan Ellison, master of sci-fi dies at 84
Harlan Ellison, the curmudgeonly sci-fi writer who exerted a major influence on American letters, has died at age 84.
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/06/28/star-trek-scriptwriter-harlan-ellison-master-sci-fi-literature-dies-85/743888002/
June 26, 2018
“When you lose yourself in your work, and you feel at one with it, it is like love.”
“One does write, indeed, to be loved. Fame is another word for love, an impersonal word for love. One wants people 200 years from now to love your poetry. The great pleasure of being a writer is in the act of writing, and surely there is some pleasure in being published and being praised. I don’t mean to be complacent about what I have some of. But the greater pleasure is in the act. When you lose yourself in your work, and you feel at one with it, it is like love.” Donald Hall (1928-2018)
Poet and teacher, Donald Hall, a Poet Laureate of the Rural Life, Is Dead at 89 – The New York Times
Mourning the loss of a great one.
The prolific Mr. Hall was also a memoirist, an essayist and a children’s book author, not to mention a passionate Red Sox fan who wrote two books on baseball.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/obituaries/donald-hall-a-poet-laureate-of-the-rural-life-is-dead-at-89.html
Success
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill
Certainly has proved true for me.
June 23, 2018
A small book that rewards savoring
Nobody Is Ever Missing by Cody Wilson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cody Wilson’s chapbook is rich in simple but vital language evoking real emotion from real experience. “Nobody is Ever Missing” strikes the right balance between mourning the awareness of mortality and celebrating the living.
In “The Dust of Us” Wilson imagines himself dead and present only in the dust that drifts around us:
“You can print your finger
in me, drag me across the table…
You watch me float
though the narrow fingers
0f light knuckled by each blind…”
A small book. “Nobody” is one that rewards savoring its clear poetry.
June 22, 2018
The Hypocrisy of government officials and politicians.
Thousands of America’s wounded warriors are being forced to pay for life insurance they don’t want — and can’t even use
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/disabled-veteran-hit-with-12k-bill-for-life-insurance-plan-he-never-signed-up-for/
“Thank you for you service.” Then ignore or betray.
June 21, 2018
The Write Place at the Write Time has accepted 4 of my poems for publication in their 10th anniversary issue to be published in the fall 2018.
The Write Place at the Write Time has accepted 4 of my poems for publication in their 10th anniversary issue to be published in the fall 2018.
This is the sixth time WPWT has feature my work.
Congratulations to Poetry Society of Virginia member, Bill Glose, on winning first place in the Heroes’ Voices poetry competition
Congratulations to Poetry Society of Virginia member, Bill Glose, on winning first place in the Heroes’ Voices poetry competition
