David Anthony Sam's Blog, page 187
October 4, 2016
Congratulations to Alan Peterson whose Snowbound Award winning collection “Other Than They Seem” will be available from Tupelo in November.
Congratulations to Alan Peterson whose Snowbound Award winning collection “Other Than They Seem” will be available from Tupelo in November.
September 25, 2016
Heron Tree’s annual print collection with my poetry included is now available.
Heron Tree’s annual print collection with my poetry included is now available.
September 21, 2016
GFT Press selects my collection Finite to Fail as Grand Prize Winner
I am gratified that GFT Press has selected my chapbook Finite to Fail as grand prize winner of its 2016 Chapbook Contest. Congratulations also to Jacquese Armstrong.
September 18, 2016
My poem “All Journeys Are Metaphors” is available in the latest issue of Dual Coast Magazine
My poem “All Journeys Are Metaphors” is available in the latest issue of Dual Coast Magazine
September 17, 2016
An Epistolary Elegy by Claudia Emerson
Pinion: An Elegy by Claudia Emerson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Claudia Emerson’s untimely death is still a great loss to those who love great poetry. In this epistolary collection of dramatic monologues from 2002 , Emerson toldthe story of a southern family, hinting at the deeper issues of their relationships while engaging us deeply in their experiences. Her language is always both simple and luminescent:
The second day, the creek
argued with the rain, grew bolder before
losing itself, overcoming the banks
that had defined it.
The older sister recalls defending a bird against the cruelty of her brother:
I turned,
grabbed a tobacco stick, and flayed your cap
from your scalp, your scalp from your bone, aiming
for the coiled quick of you when I failed, plunged
my arms in the water instead and saved
the thrush, hurled i back at the stunned sky…
The younger sister is given a voice in prose to introduce the journals and letters of her (presumably deceased) older siblings as she visits their abandoned home. So much goes on the white space as we read, so much is meant by what is subtly unsaid.
the cage of my ribs swept clean.
September 16, 2016
The Fall 2016 issue of The Summerset Review features my poem “Still Knowing”
The Fall 2016 issue of The Summerset Review features my poem “Still Knowing“
September 7, 2016
The Hurricane Review will publish my poem “Formulary” in the next issue
The Hurricane Review will publish my poem “Formulary” in the next issue
August 29, 2016
To the 67 readers who took advantage of my free Kindle giveaway last week.
To the 67 who took advantage of my offer of a free Kindle version of my two poetry collections, thank you. I hope you enjoy reading and please consider reviewing them on Amazon.
Another of my poems is included in Three Line Poetry
Another of my poems is included in Three Line Poetry
August 28, 2016
My new “gift book” size collection is available
My new “gift book” size collection is available here.
