The ironic or sort of meta thing about this piece is that now, years after writing it, the parts I relate to least and even kind of cringe at are the cultural references in it. Which is sort of the point of the poem! Identity is a shifting thing and it takes work to recognize how you've changed without judging or belittling that version of yourself.
Aaron El Sabrout on King Krule & Mexican Street Sounds & Medicine Tea |
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Kaveh Akbar’s Pilgrim Bell Rings True
"Despite his unconventional use of language, Akbar still has great respect for its power. There’s a kind of beauty in the way that he uses it to unconventional ends. The absurdity of the structure of some of his poems proves language is just as valuable for its rules as it is for the artful ways they can be broken."
via LOYOLA PHOENIX |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Dana Levin on Wanda Coleman's "The Woman and Her Thang"
"Standing at the magazine rack at Beyond Baroque, I opened Coleman’s chapbook at random and read: 'She kept it in a black green felt-lined box.' Ten monosyllabs—how I loved saying them, each one a kind of floating stone in the mouth—introducing the speaker’s 'thang': seductive and dangerous, wreaking havoc on her love life." |
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18th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
January 10-15, 2022
We are pledged to create an extraordinary week of virtual poetry workshops and events for you in the safety of your home.
Workshop Faculty: Kim Addonizio, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Chard deNiord, Mark Doty, Yona Harvey, John Murillo, Matthew Olzmann and Diane Seuss. One-On-One Conferences with Lorna Blake, Sally Bliumis Dunn, Nickole Brown, Jessica Jacobs, and Angela Narciso Torres. A special Craft Talk by Kwame Dawes. Special Guest Poet: Yusef Komunyakaa. Poet-at-Large: Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Apply by November 15! |
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