In 1991 there was an essay in ‘The Atlantic’ by Dana Gioia titled ‘Can Poetry Matter? It points out that Poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America. If poets venture outside their confined world, they can work to… Read More ›
Poetry
215/365 Learning from Philip Levine on what Work Is
I was watching an interview with Philip Levine as he remembers his life in the Ford’s River Rouge Plant. As he talks about his life there; a time when his young self never knew if he would ever have a… Read More ›
94/365 When you hear someone is no more
There are many people we know or have known or met in our life. Some people we never meet again. Some people we never know when they leave the world. And some people we learn have left us after some… Read More ›
7/365 What poems did to me
I have had friends who like poems and those who don’t. Even among those who like poems I have seen who can go much deep into it and understand it. Not just understand it but also explain and speak about… Read More ›
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