“Herman’s Bones” came from meditating on the rhythmic grandeur of ocean waves churning on Waimea Bay, providing a deep sense of belonging to the land.
Amelia Bueno on "Herman's Bones" |
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"In Conversation with A.E. Stallings, Oxford Professor of Poetry"
“Maybe it’s related to the idea of the memory palace—which, as you might know, is the invention of the Greek poet Simonides—but this idea that our memories kind of construct a physical space that we can move through. So I think the opposite is also true, that if you are moving through a physical space you construct that memory palace easier.”
viaTHE OXFORD STUDENT |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Lloyd Wallace on What Keeps Us
"The sub-title of this installment of What Sparks Poetry is 'Poems to Read in Community.' The Poetry Daily team convened this semester, inspired by C.D. Wright’s “What Keeps,” to select a group of twenty poems, most from our last year of publication, that one might pass across the table—to a loved one, to oneself. In last year’s version of this feature, Kerry Folan said the poems selected were meant to 'offer sustenance.' Roque Dalton did say that poetry, like bread, is for everyone. And I still think that holds true." |
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