“One of the marvels of the world is the sight of a soul in prison holding the keys in its hand.” Rumi The poet […]
20 Sep
I began reading Jaime Manrique’s Tarzan My Body Christopher Columbus over the summer, but because of some eye trouble, my watery itching eyes made […]
8 Sep
During the pandemic, the poet Daisy Fried was living in Philadelphia with her husband who was dying of a debilitating disease. Without much help from […]
3 Sep
After a very long period of writer’s block in 1973, I wrote a series of poems that I called the prologue. I was twenty-four. When […]
16 Aug
English is an old ocean whose waves have been crashing for centuries against our ears, and I can feel the breadth and breath and […]
15 Aug
I hadn’t looked at the drawings of Arup Datta for a while so I was pleased to see that this charming artist from Kolkata has […]
9 Aug
Sujay Sarkar is a student activist in Bangladesh. He is an organizer of the Bangladesh Students Union. He also edits a magazine called “Ishqul.” […]
7 Aug
Some paths leading to the craft of poetry are certainly paved with serendipity. Take for example, Linda Kleinbub, who, in a round about way, […]
27 Jul
A friend of mine, the Philadelphia poet Joel Colten, on a trip across the USA, stopped to take photographs of Mount Saint Helens, and […]
24 Jul
Poets, some famous and some not so famous, have been included in NYC From The Inside: NYC through the Eyes of the Poets Who […]
22 Jul
On May 23, 2022, I read at KGB for the Monday Poetry Series curated by John Deming, Jada Gordon and Jason Schneiderman. I was reading […]
19 Jul
A few months ago, via email, Scott Hightower sent me his poem, “The Young Man Holding an Empty Glass,” accompanied by a nineteenth century painting […]
