David Anthony Sam's Blog, page 163
February 22, 2018
I Love words: 11 Weird and Interesting Words
The English language contains some strange words, and we have collected ## weird words for you to learn.
— Read on www.thoughtco.com/weird-english-words-4156446
Please visit my Goodreads author profile
Please visit my Goodreads author profile: https://www.goodreads.com/dasam
February 21, 2018
Ursula Le Guin and the Tao
“But I, who am old, who have done what I must do, who stand in the daylight facing my own death, the end of all possibility, I know there is only one power that is real and worth having. And that is the power, not to take, but to accept.” From The Farthest Shore
Ursula K. Le Guin Wins Posthumous Prize For Essay Writing – Associated Press
February 20, 2018
Poetry Quarterly has accepted my poem “My Yellow Season” for publication in its next issue.
Poetry Quarterly has accepted my poem “My Yellow Season” for publication in its next issue.
February 19, 2018
The Red Queen Literary Magazine has accepted my poem “Lineage” for publication in an upcoming issue.
The Red Queen Literary Magazine has accepted my poem “Lineage” for publication in an upcoming issue.
February 17, 2018
Now is Not the Time to Talk about Guns
The dead are too warm and bloody.
The living have not had time to mourn.
The news cycle has not had time to move on to the next big thing.
The politicians have not had time to bank the latest contribution.
The ammo manufacturers have not had time to refill the stores’ coffers.
The earth has not had time to swallow all the dead.
And there has not been enough time for the next gunman to vindicate
the silence of legislators with another shooting for which
now will not be the time to talk about guns.
February 16, 2018
Helen Vendler – Someone to sit beside as you read poetry
The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar: Essays on Poets and Poetry by Helen Vendler
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reading Helen Vendler as she discusses poets and their poetry is like sitting with your favorite professor, one not stuffy though erudite, one brilliant but clear. I may not agree with her exegesis of a given poem or her ultimate judgement on the worth of a given poet’s work, I have to face that fact of her cogent arguments. Vendler seems to love poetry so much more than many critics who spend their time demonstrating their superiority to the art their discuss. I enjoy reading her essays and explications nearly as much as I do the poetry itself.
The Sea Letter with one of my poems is now available in print or to subscribe.
The Sea Letter with one of my poems is now available in print or to subscribe.
February 15, 2018
Kristin LaFollette’s New Chapbook Is Now Available for Pre-Order from GFT Press
Kristin LaFollette‘s New Chapbook Is Now Available for Pre-Order from GFT Press
Kristin LaFollette is a Ph.D. candidate studying rhetoric and writing and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Bowling Green State University. She is a writer, artist, and photographer and teaches English and humanities courses to college students. She currently lives in northwest Ohio with her husband and their greyhound. You can visit her at kristinlafollette.com.
Body Parts examines the complicated nature of bodies as the poems navigate growing up, illness, injury, death, and self-actualization.
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A true coming of age tale dressed in fantasy, but deeper and darker than Harry Potter
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Normally, I am more a fan if hard sci-fi, not space opera or fantasy. But the worth and quality of Le Guin’s Wizard of Earthsea are undeniable. Fantasy and magic are a vessel to contain a story of the growth of a child into an adult. As he faces his own darkness and the darkness of his own death, Ged becomes his true self.
I did jot read this as a youth or young man. It probably would have sung to me then. As someone in his 7th decade, it speaks to me now.
