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Instead of poetry; and briefly, Peter Reading, Miroslav Holub

13 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
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New Poetries V: Carcanet Anthology

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
I�ve been reading this book with a real sense of excitement.  The first thing I read was the first poem, �This is Yarrow� by Tara Bergin.  In this country house I had a...

Aldeburgh Poetry Festival II: Robert Hass (again), Kay Ryan, etc

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
This will be shorter than the last post.  Long ago, Robert Hass was having a conversation with Milosz who was showing him some political poems.  Hass was commenting on them reluctantly, maybe not...

Aldeburgh Poetry Festival I: the 21st century and other things

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
One advantage of shorter days: you can see the moon better.  Late on Friday afternoon it was nearly full and hanging over the sea, making a wide patch of light on the water. ...

June Jordan: following a sonnet

14 years ago by Katherine Ruby 0 comment
It�s enjoyably disorienting to read a poem for the first time, get excited about it, and have no idea where it came from.  I found June Jordan�s �Sunflower Sonnet Number Two� in The...

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