Hostage Situation
I. Wherever I turn, sparrows flash on pillars of air, And bewitching women poise in high windows; What can a person do in response to such abundance? Darwin played the trombone to his French beans, And Diogenes tried to refute it by getting up and walking away, But once you’ve divided one into two, You’re… More
The Localist
From there you could see the whole town: tear it down. Tear it down. -Mike McGriff To preserve the town, first turn your back on the world. Lose yourself completely. Then begin to undress in a creaking hotel where the floorboards each speak resonances to you, & their shifting makes clear your small town tectonics.… More
Train
I can almost touch her cheek in this London train that jostles us together, as time jostles back and forth between us on her phone, the videos she plays as if only she can see them. Here is a nightclub, here a pool, a cluster of girls in a mosque’s courtyard, now they’re clutching each… More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 29
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Indrani Sengupta’s poem “Somniloquy” is the final installment of Fogged Clarity’s Lyric Dream Project More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 28
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Benjamin Evans dream poem in imitation of Larry Levis is the 28th entry in The Lyric Dream Project. More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 27
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Poet Daniel DeVaughn’s gorgeous dream poem about memory and violence is the 27th installment of our Lyric Dream Project. More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 26
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Poet Matthew Hittinger’s sequence of dream poems centered around Marilyn Monroe make up the 26th installment of our Lyric Dream Project. More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 24
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Poet Michael V. Smith dreams of DJ-ing in an all night grocery store. More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 19
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Daniel Anderson’s dream poem examines the nature of certainty and the origins of disappointment. More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 17
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Michael Tyrell dreams of secrets too useful to burn in this dream poem–the 17th installment in our Lyric Dream Project. More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 16
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Michael Tyrell’s first of two dream poems explores train stations, a burning house, and posters of the missing. More
The Lyric Dream Project: Dream 4
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Poet Tina Mozelle Braziel dreams of her male shadow and writes the accompanying poem. More
Austin International Poetry Festival 2012 (AIPF)
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I have always said that I don’t want to go to a Writer’s Conference with poets only. But this was a Festival and therefore different. More
Truckstops make great food and great poems!
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When you have an unlimited choice of restaurants, why go anywhere but a truckstop diner? Not only will you get great food but you’ll get a poem or two. More
Probably my last blog post as a 53-year-old
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Not my last blog post ever, just my last one until after Sunday, at which time I will have turned 54. And I have such a young sounding voice! More
Sometimes 30/30 Isn’t a No Hitter
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Like a lot of my poet friends I tried to write 30 poems in 30 days in April for National Poetry Month… More
Gale Acuff – Another Poet You Need to Know!!!
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When I hear my boyfriend giggling in the other room like a little kid, I know he’s reading Gale Acuff. More
The X’s and Y’s of It
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Professor X noticed Student X weaving down the hallway towards him. Drunk, perhaps? Not Student X, thought Professor X. There must be some other explanation. And so he intercepted him as he veered toward a corkboard scrambled with out-of-date announcements. Are you OK, Professor X asked, looking into Student X’s saucered eyes. Oh yes, said… More