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84. American Life in Poetry: Column 243
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Lots of contemporary poems are anecdotal, a brief narration of some event, and what can make them rise above anecdote is when they manage to convey significance, often as the poem closes. Here is an example of one… Continue Reading „84. American Life in Poetry: Column 243“
83. THE LINEBACKER AND THE DERVISH
Lowell’s and Bishop’s collected letters. By Michael Hofmann Poetry Media Service Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Edited by Thomas Travisano with Saskia Hamilton. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. $45.00. This is such a formidably and dramatically and lingeringly… Continue Reading „83. THE LINEBACKER AND THE DERVISH“
63. Meine Anthologie 5: die dinge leute
because it’sSpring thingSdare to do people (& not the other way round)because it ’s A pril Lives lead their own persons(in stead of everybodyelse’s)but what’s wholly marvellous my Darling is that you & i are more than you & i(be ca us e It’s… Continue Reading „63. Meine Anthologie 5: die dinge leute“
40. TO LET YOU PASS
Remembering Craig Arnold. By Christian Wiman Poetry Media Service It is now seven months since Craig Arnold died—or vanished, as most notices have termed it. We have delayed running an obituary for him partly because of the circumstances of his death. As most people… Continue Reading „40. TO LET YOU PASS“
38. American Life in Poetry: Column 242
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE There are lots of poems in which a poet expresses belated appreciation for a parent, and if you don’t know Robert Hayden’s poem, “Those Winter Sundays,” you ought to look it up sometime. In this lovely sonnet, Kathy… Continue Reading „38. American Life in Poetry: Column 242“
27. Falsche Freunde
Nach ihrem furiosen Debüt mit „kochanie ich habe brot gekauft“, jenem Lyrikband, der ihr vor drei Jahren den Peter-Huchel-Preis einbrachte, setzt die 1979 geborene Uljana Wolf ihre ebenso behutsame wie entschieden genaue Wortarbeit fort. Sie zieht den Leser in eine amüsante Sinnsuche zwischen Worten,… Continue Reading „27. Falsche Freunde“
14. POETRY, DAILY
Brenda Starr makes way for Rumi, Neruda, and Merwin. By Mary Schmich Poetry Media Service I write a news column at the Chicago Tribune, and at the beginning of baseball season this year one of my editors phoned with a tough assignment, something, he… Continue Reading „14. POETRY, DAILY“
12. American Life in Poetry: Column 241
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I love poems in which the central metaphors are fresh and original, and here’s a marvelous, coiny description of autumn by Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck, who lives in Illinois. Like Coins, November We drove past late fall fields… Continue Reading „12. American Life in Poetry: Column 241“
160. The Big Read 2010/2011
The Big Read is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations to conduct month-long, community-wide reads between September 2010 and June 2011. Organizations selected to participate in The Big Read will receive a grant ranging from $2,500 to $20,000, access to online training resources, educational and… Continue Reading „160. The Big Read 2010/2011“
152. Ende der Bücher
Vielleicht schreibt er ja deshalb mindestens ein Buch pro Jahr. Philip Roth, Veteran der US-Literaturszene, gab sich in einem Interview äusserst pessimistisch, was die Zukunft des Romans angeht. In 25 Jahren würden Bücher nur noch von einer kultischen Minderheit gelesen werden. Vergleichbar mit Leuten,… Continue Reading „152. Ende der Bücher“
151. Manhattan Moment
Und ich fand ein Gedicht in der Nation über Roman Polanski, von dem deadline poet Calvin Trillin, das möchte ich keinem vorenthalten. Es hat den Titel What Whoopi Goldberg (’Not a Rape-Rape’), Harvey Weinstein (’So-Called Crime’) et al. Are Saying in Their Outrage Over… Continue Reading „151. Manhattan Moment“
149. PARA RUMBIAR
Robert Creeley in the outfield. By Fernando Perez Poetry Media Service I write from Caracas, the murder capital of the world, where I’ve been employed by the Leones to score runs and prevent balls from falling in the outfield. At the ankles of the… Continue Reading „149. PARA RUMBIAR“
142. American Life in Poetry: Column 240
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE We haven’t shown you many poems in which the poet enters another person and speaks through him or her, but it is, of course, an effective and respected way of writing. Here Philip Memmer of Deansboro, N.Y., enters… Continue Reading „142. American Life in Poetry: Column 240“
138. Ohne Filter
„Altern muss ich, aber sterben würde ich lieber nicht.“ Heißt es – bar jeder Naivität – in einem der Gedichte, die an Geburtstagen entstehen. In einem anderen: „Meine Haut … hängt lose, wellig, wie Dünen auf dem Mars.“ In „Darmspiegelung“ betrachtet er, „wie der… Continue Reading „138. Ohne Filter“
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