ein klage-himmel












The word that fits
would mime
the genesis.
--Michel Deguy

Thursday, March 4, 2021

love alone is credible

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  Love alone is credible; nothing else can be believed, and nothing else ought to be believed. --Lars Urs van Balthasar I’ve abandoned al...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

two poems at EcoTheo Review

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Two poems in the "Social Justice" section of EcoTheo Review : Walking Past a Farm on the First Day of Spring  Unrest
Monday, October 19, 2020

two poems in translation

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The Death of Dido (Henry Bone, 1755-1834 ) Two poems translated from Latin are online at Wild Court
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Basement Poetry Podcast

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There is a generous and perceptive reading and discussion of my poem "Kind" on Wayne Benson's Basement Poetry Podcast . Clic...
Monday, September 7, 2020

feeder

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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

My new book

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James Owens's Family Portrait with Scythe is the sort of book I crave: a lambent poetry with sensuous detail, imagery that explor...
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Monday, August 26, 2019

So disappearing is the destiny of destinies.

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Bring me the sunflower, let me plant it in my field parched by the salt sea wind, and let it show the blue reflecting sky the...
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Ein Klage-Himmel, "a lament-heaven," from Rilke's "Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes." Poetry's post-rupture, post-lapsus, post-death-of-Eurydice dream of recreating that primal world -- Eden, childhood, Orpheus's singing -- where word and thing were one.
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