Poem Talk

Passion Shields Its Servants: A discussion of “Souvenir of the Manassah Ball” by Lorenzo Thomas

Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”

The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”

Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney

Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”

Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman

Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”

Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich

Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”

Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery

Composition of Life, as Life: A discussion of Joan Retallack’s The Poethical Wager (a several-page excerpt)

Girls in the Supply Chain: A discussion of Sawako Nakayasu’s book Some Girls Walk into the Country Where They Are From

When a Name Falls from a Face: A discussion of a selection from Divya Victor’s book Curb

Trance of Language: A discussion of “Sleeping with the Dictionary” & “Dim Lady” from Sleeping with the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen

Teach Us Love: A discussion of “Language” and “The Anatomy of Monotony” by Eugene Ostachevsky

Better To Lose & Win: A discussion of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters

Far in Toward the Far End: A discussion of George Quasha’s “preverbs.”

Hot and Cold: A discussion of Jayne Cortez’s “She Got He Got”

Must It Ring True: A discussion of Myung Mi Kim’s “And Sing We”

Coup Created by Our Thoughts: A discussion of “Colliding and Not Colliding at the Same Time” by Cecilia Vicuña

Punch Fascists: A discussion of “Yes I Do Want to Punch” by Stephen Collis

As Words Label Space: A discussion of Leslie Scalapino’s “‘Can’t’ is ’Night’”

Perilous Bodies: A discussion of “Steveston, B.C.” by Daphne Marlatt

In My Rotting Place: A discussion of “Morning, Morning” & “No Deposit, No Return" by Tuli Kupferberg

This Unwitting Monument: A discussion of two poems from Sarah Dowling’s book Entering Sappho

Biologically Speaking: A discussion of “Love Is Not All” and “I Shall Forget You Presently” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Adore Adore: A discussion of “Dada Lama” and “A Small Song That Is His” by bpNichol

With a Little String & a Sharp Stone: A discussion of “Suicide” by Bob Kaufman

A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian

A Way to Haunt Me: A discussion of “It All over My Face?” by Kevin Killian

Damned Fruitflies: A discussion of “With Shelter Gone” by Steve Dalachinsky

Promise To Go On: A discussion of “The Similitude of This Great Flower” by Elizabeth Willis

Rousing Earth to Excel: A discussion of “Arriving” by Daphne Marlatt

Word for Word: A discussion of “The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain” by Wallace Stevens.

That’s Right: A discussion of Eileen Myles’s “Writing” and “Mount St. Helens”

Ominous Pre-tingling: A discussion of “MJ Fan Letter” and “RSVP” by Terrance Hayes

Find Me the Rage: A discussion of “Negus” by Kamau Brathwaite

A Word For Me: A discussion of “Should You Find Me” by Erica Hunt

Begin to Awaken: A discussion of “By the road to the contagious hospital” by William Carlos Williams

The Gaps I Mean: A discussion of “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost

Knots of a Woman: A discussion of A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Tonya Foster

Mammal Patriot: A discussion of Ghost Tantras by Michael McClure

Beside the Mind: A discussion of Clairvoyant Journal by Hannah Weiner

These Squiggles: A discussion of “As if the Trees by Their Very Roots Had Hold of Us” by Charles Bernstein

September 1941: A discussion of “Memory Tree” by Rosmarie Waldrop

The Republic of Space: A discussion of “The Blue Stairs” by Barbara Guest

Worker’s Tanka: A discussion of six tankas (2 each) by three worker poets, Christine Yvette Lewis, Lorraine Garnett and Davidson Garrett

Written in Water: A discussion of Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Laying Poems Away: A discussion of “The Ambition Bird” by Anne Sexton