Don Yorty

Todd Colby reads from Splash State and Flushing Meadows

… If you are new to Todd Colby’s poetry, you’ll enjoy it because it is full of sounds and images that are unexpected, funny sexy surprises that can penetrate all the five senses. Todd is a musician, poet, and artist, … Continue reading →

Suburban Eyes: New Jersey Landscapes by Ron Erickson

14 Feb ’18

… Ron Erickson is a favorite artist of mine. I’ve enjoyed his work from the first time I set eyes on it. Last year, I was away and missed his show at Farleigh Dickinson University. He has been nice enough … Continue reading →

Lewis Warsh reads from Out of the Question: Selected Poems (1963 – 2003)

14 Feb ’18

… I like to read Lewis Warsh and I like to listen to him read. He pronounces his words well because he knows what they mean. In the spirit of listening, here is what I captured of him reading at … Continue reading →

Michael Lally reads from ANOTHER WAY TO PLAY, Poems 1960 – 2017

9 Feb ’18

… I’ve been working on a project recording poets reading poems or getting poets to send me videos of themselves reading poems that are in Readings In Contemporary Poetry, DIA Art Foundation, a recent anthology edited and beautifully put together … Continue reading →

Geometric Forms by Akram

31 Jan ’18

… I have been going through sketches Akram did for me when I was in Pennsylvania last year at this time taking care of my father who was dying. Akram would send them on his phone. Here are some of … Continue reading →

Robert Rhodes: Dawn: Another winter storm arrives

5 Jan ’18

… Yesterday morning, January 4, Robert Rhodes went to Buchanan Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to capture the blizzard that was beginning to cover the East Coast from Florida to Maine with freezing cold and snow, a wonderful recording of this … Continue reading →

Poem a Month, poems and art by Philip Good

2 Jan ’18

On the day of Christmas Eve, Philip Good gave to me a gift that’s delighted me so much I want to share it with you now, POEM A MONTH, Poems and Art by Philip Good. Enjoy.

Happy New Year

29 Dec ’17

… … … Repair. Prepare. Take care. Be there. … … … … … Drawings (Season’s Greetings) by Akram.

Oatmeal Gravy

27 Dec ’17

… At the moment the kitchen is not well-stocked. Among many missing items, there is no flour. I wanted to roast a chicken and make gravy with the drippings. People said, “Why don’t you just go to the store and … Continue reading →

Bertha Rogers reads from Heart Turned Back

27 Dec ’17

… I heard Bertha Rogers read at Zinc Bar on the 19th of November, and it was one of the best readings I’ve been to in a long time, much like the woman herself, down to earth and sublime. She … Continue reading →

Fifteen Winter Paintings by Charles Burchfield

26 Dec ’17

… I found a photo of Charles Burchfield working in and experiencing the snow. No gloves, no scarf, no ear muffs; he seems oblivious to the cold. Often when I’ve worked in the cold, I’m not cold, especially when cutting … Continue reading →

Joan Larkin reads at Haverford College

29 Nov ’17

… After my father died, I read Cold River by Joan Larkin, a book about dying, parents and friends with AIDS. I remembered looking up at the stars sleeping in a sleeping bag with my father. I remembered visiting the … Continue reading →