Grateful to have a venue to say what needs to be said. Thankfully the world is waking up to what's happening, but how much time and life has been lost? And how long till those now awake insist that it stops?
riseupreview.org/sean-conrey
And having recently read Ada Calhoun's book Only a Poet, about her father and O'Hara, it's pretty clear that Rivers did a lot of things that should have only ever been named.
This is the most honest poem I have read this year.
"I was silent and nothing came of it.
I spoke and nothing came of it.
I cursed, I apologized, and nothing came of it..."
proteanmag.com/2024/03/24/p...
For obvious reasons, this, my favorite poem by Emerson, was on my mind all day. And a good reprieve from the news to remember the architecture not made by men...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45872/...
Rest in peace, Michael Burkard.
Who doesn't want to meet Trout Fishing in America Shorty?
Just finished Trout Fishing in America for the first time (?!?) last week. Wondered when reading how many people have attempted some variation of this recipe over the years.