Monthly Archives: April 2006

Jong, Savaged

Being a book reviewer must be fun if only for the occasional chance to sharpen one’s knives on some inane romance writer’s leathery hide. [cosmopoetica reviews jong clitoris nixon]

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Rebuttal

For a friend who insists on telling me it’s not that bad because it’s all in my head. Imagine (or recall): The feeling of sinking into the depths upon waking up in the middle of a dream where you were … Continue reading

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po-X-cetera

I recommend Bob Grumman’s site/blog:http://comprepoetica.com/newblog/Index.html Good stuff that’s making me think. And I appreciate Bob’s responses because they don’t assume I am arguing just for the sake of argument or out of bad faith, which has happened (the assumption, I … Continue reading

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Primordial Sea

On the beach in Kodiak I kept thinking of these lines by e.e. cummings in one of my favorite childhood poems (still a favorite despite that horrific inversion in the third stanza): “For whatever we lose (like a you or … Continue reading

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A Few New Blogs I’m Reading

JforJames from the NewPoetry list has a blog: ursprache As does the prolific and under-recognized Bill Knott (though he never did answer my question about whether he’s the same person James Wright wrote about so long ago… [cosmopoetica billknott ursprache … Continue reading

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Please Note the Date

of my last post? The first. of April. The secret to a good April Fool’s prank is that the prank has to have some element of truth and match one’s (in this case impulsive) personality. But there was a lot … Continue reading

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Going Analog…. completely

My thanks to everyone who has read, commented, and become a part of my life through technology. This will be my last blog post here and similar messages are going into my other sites. Soon I will send my last … Continue reading

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