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8217;It is impossible to say just what I mean.’ I was 17 when I first read that line, and it pierced me then and still does. In some ways,. Pays homage to that one line. “. Interview with Steven Cramer on. The Poetry of Recovery. 8220;The structure of the pantoum the insistent recurrence of its lines seems like the right form for the way lost loved ones keep ‘turning up’ in memory.”. Interview with Steven Cramer at. Interview and Sarabande in Education Guide to. Was silenced.”. 8220;Restraint, in art, gr...
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The Practice of Attention: December 2013
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The Practice of Attention. Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. - Mark Strand. Saturday, December 28, 2013. The Best Institution Ever Invented, or Thank You Benjamin Franklin. I take my son to the library to get his first card. As we pull a bunch of books, movies, and cds from the shelves, he becomes increasingly concerned and finally says, “Daddy, we can’t afford all of these.”. I explain, “They’ll let us take them. For free.”. I know how my son feels. Yet I loved ...
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The Practice of Attention: October 2013
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The Practice of Attention. Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. - Mark Strand. Saturday, October 26, 2013. Interview: Writer Eric Paul Shaffer. Eric Paul Shaffer lives on O'ahu overlooking the Kalihi Valley in Honolulu. His books of poetry include Lāhaina Noon, Portable Planet,. And Living at the Monastery. His fiction includes the novel Burn and Learn, and he has been honored with numerous awards and fellowships. How would you describe what you do? Of all the possi...
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Gwarlingo - The Sunday Poem : Caitlin Doyle
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The Sunday Poem : Caitlin Doyle. The Sunday Poem : Caitlin Doyle. Poet Caitlin Doyle (Photo by Mike Robinson). Hyme is tricky business for a contemporary poet. In an environment where free-verse dominates, how can a writer make a traditional technique like rhyme meaningful and innovative, and not simply a hollow, reactionary gesture against the status-quo? Caitlin explained her views on rhyme and meter in a recent email exchange:. In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Tippecanoe and Tyler, too. In the...
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The Practice of Attention: February 2014
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The Practice of Attention. Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. - Mark Strand. Sunday, February 2, 2014. Why I Probably Should Hire Someone To Do My PR. A student that I like and respect tells me, “Talking to you about writing is kind of depressing.”. I will never be the pitch-person for a Write Your Way to Happiness seminar. Perhaps it was simply out of orneriness, but I pointed at a shelf nearby that contained “Classics.”. Ernest Hemingway – suicide. My student ma...
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The Practice of Attention: November 2013
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The Practice of Attention. Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. - Mark Strand. Saturday, November 30, 2013. Can I Do That? Tasting Wine and Drinking Milk. An version of this piece first appeared in Small Winery Magazine. Sitting on a winery’s patio, I hear someone at a nearby table ask her companions, “I just had a red. Now I want a white. Can I do that? The question says a great deal about some people’s anxiety when it comes to wine. What are they allowed to do?
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The Practice of Attention: September 2014
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The Practice of Attention. Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. - Mark Strand. Monday, September 29, 2014. This fall my fifth book of poetry “This Miraculous Turning” is being published. Most of the work is about my children, but there are a number of incidents and experiences that aren’t in the book because I couldn’t shape them into what I thought were successful poems. Yes, the woman said, then repeated, But, you should know, she’s black. We told the social worke...
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The Practice of Attention: Questions for Diana Greene, Multimedia Artist
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The Practice of Attention. Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. - Mark Strand. Saturday, November 10, 2012. Questions for Diana Greene, Multimedia Artist. How would you describe what you do? I’m a Sagittarian. Couldn’t you have started with something simple like what’s my sign! I was born on December fifth at 8:18 in the morning, which may be a fact or it may be the train my father always took into Manhattan, the 8:18. In any case, I create photo narrat. I have no i...
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The Practice of Attention: 40 Years of Blazing Saddles
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The Practice of Attention. Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. - Mark Strand. Saturday, September 20, 2014. 40 Years of Blazing Saddles. This year is the 40th anniversary of the release of Blazing Saddles. A film full of cheap gags, puns, drug jokes, and sophomoric humor, including the famous farting campfire scene. It also is a smart satire of racism and prejudice. As he puts it, “the engine that runs Blazing Saddles. Is hatred and race prejudice . The black worke...
