lyric persuasion
I visited Poet’s House at the new location in Battery Park City. It was a beautiful afternoon, cool, sunny and breezy along the waterfront. I had time to walk and was stress-free enough to...
Monthly Archive: March 2010
whitewash
Two photos of a wall, layered. One with a prism-induced rainbow, the other with primer.
rivulets
Feeling I was too cavalier and quick to dismiss Bonvicino yesterday. Typical dumb American, unwilling to open to another language – that was part of it. Also, the thought of wondering why am I...
tentava bonvicino
I spent some time with Etc today (by Régis Bonvicino, tr Odile Cisneros). First time I read through this, not much registered. Short stanzas, a slow wordiness, dot dot dot Stating the obvious is...
random link for later
Typing “ecopietics” into Google did not yield much (except my own post, instantaneously (how do they do that?)), but this might be something I want to read more closely later… Christopher Arigo, Notes Toward...
inneresting, part 2
Still thinking about the book report. Kids have trouble with the book report because there is no context. If there is comparison, or a foundation, to provide context, it becomes more possible. Given that...
interesting
What is it about a book report? It automatically brings out this language: “It was interesting, but I didn’t like …” the main characters, the plot, the word choice, the form, the shape, the...