David Anthony Sam's Blog, page 184
November 24, 2016
Paying Attention
Garden Time by W.S. Merwin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Give this collection a few pages before you discover the understated eloquence of age and loss and love in the face of it all. While this is not his finest collection, Merwin offers us his truth with language that is accessible to those who do not regularly read poetry. Yet many of the poems have depth of thought and feeling and a koan kind of craft that belies what seems prosaic at first reading. I highly recommend it whether you are in the last third of life or just beginning your too short journey. Poetry like Merwin’s helps us all to pay close attention both to the questions and to the only answers in the now.
November 21, 2016
Ron Koertge’s poem “Lily”
Ron Koertge’s short poem “Lily” is fine writing. It edges right up to bathos without falling into it and speaks its mourning and hope with depth of feeling and simplicity of language.
November 20, 2016
The Write Place at the Write Time has published two of my poems:
The Write Place at the Write Time has published two of my poems:
November 17, 2016
Empathy
Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity. -Christopher Paolini
November 10, 2016
Aji Magazine will publish 2 more of my poems in Spring 2017.
Aji Magazine will publish 2 more of my poems in Spring 2017. That makes 54 poems accepted by 30 journals in 2016 plus the one chapbook of 20 poems that won an award at GFT Press for publication next year.
November 5, 2016
Light: A Journal of Photography & Poetry will feature my poetry in its inaugural issue.
Light: A Journal of Photography & Poetry will feature my poetry in its inaugural issue.
November 4, 2016
My poem “Murmuration” is available in the Fall 2016 print & online edition of Aji Magazine.
My poem “Murmuration” is available in the Fall 2016 print & online edition of Aji Magazine.
November 3, 2016
Three of my poems are published now on the Arlington Literary Journal.
Three of my poems are published now on the Arlington Literary Journal.
November 2, 2016
Carbon Culture Review has just published my poem “The Wounds of Exile”
Carbon Culture Review has just published my poem “The Wounds of Exile“
