This is one of my most matter of fact “matter of fact” poems, and might be a thought of as a celebration both of Barty’s victory and of this form of poetry. For a few links see below. We… Read More ›
Etiquette
Of liking, commenting, conversation, writing, reading, drawing, painting
It was just that they had lost interest in replying And so they didn’t Much liking is done these days. People want their communications to be liked by as many people as possible. An artist recently said to… Read More ›
Our lives are Swiss (Nos vies sont suisses)
William Eaton, January 2017 Idrew her, naked. She was beautiful. Young, long-limbed, subtle curves the length of her legs, tender facial expressions. (The work of a good model has a good deal in common with that of a professional… Read More ›
L’inspecteur et sa femme à New York
A little break from the political news. For the English version, just click. Le célèbre inspecteur de police et sa femme visitaient New York, où ils logeaient dans un immeuble, désuet mais confortable, déniché sur airbnb. Un soir, rentrant… Read More ›
The Power of Positive Thinking
We expect too much of the dishonest, the unreliable and the lazy. They have their hands full accusing others of being dishonest, unreliable and lazy. If the “is” is intolerable, you’re left with the “is not.” With science we scaffold… Read More ›
Does reading interrupt life, or life reading?
A few new one- and two-liners to ring in a new format for Montaigbakhtinian. Lesson of the body surfer: The size of the wave matters and so does your position, and your courage. There is some connection between God, or… Read More ›
Sick
Revised September 2013 from Sequence 5 text, January 2004 [click for pdf] Sick, I went with my son, then two years old, to the drugstore in the village where we had a weekend house. It so happened that this… Read More ›
