Tag Archives: Spine poetry
SPINE POETRY – MAY, 2014
Coming through slaughter, waiting for the barbarians Run Sleepless nights, souls raised from the dead Run Human wishes A place of greater safety. (Notice there is no cheating here. I do have two copies of Ann Patchett’s Run. One of … Continue reading
SPINE POETRY – MARCH 2014
Naked in the house (upon the dirt between the lake and the woods). My mistake? Burning down the house. (Thanks to the brilliance of Betsy Franco, Matt Bell, Daniel Menaker and Charles Baxter.)
SPINE POETRY – FEBRUARY, 2014
Ah, the month of love. Love – Always little earthquakes in between days when the world was steady. (Ann Beattie, Tori Amos, Andrew Porter and Claire Messud)
SPINE POETRY – NOVEMBER
The omnivore’s dilemma: Fields of greens/birds of America? Gulp. Blood, bones and butter. (Thanks to Michael Pollan, Annie Somerville, Lorrie Moore, Mary Roach, and Gabrielle Hamilton.)
SPINE POETRY – SEPTEMBER
In hopes that what appears about to happen, won’t. Confrontation In over our heads Are we not men? Battle born.
SPINE POETRY – AUGUST
August is shaping up to be busy, so I’m adding two poems for the month now. Which one do you prefer? Offering #1: Rising sun, August heat, gathering blue. That old Cape magic. (Michael Crichton, Andrea Camilleri, Lois Lowry, Richard Russo) And … Continue reading
SPINE POETRY – JULY
Siege thirteen – the general in his labyrinth talking to the dead. A soldier of the great war, waiting Last orders. July, and something acknowledging the cost of independence seemed called for… (Tamas Dobozy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Helen Dunmore, Mark Helprin, … Continue reading
SPINE POETRY – JUNE (PART 2)
Rare and endangered species – Little bee The hive The whole golden world. (Richard Bausch, Chris Cleave, Gill Hornby, and Kristina Riggle) I confess, this makes me feel guilty for even considering doing away with the wasps artfully constructing their … Continue reading
SPINE POETRY – JUNE
Antidote to June Icefields Cold hunger, white teeth Delicate, edible birds The tenderness of wolves. (Thomas Wharton, Bill Streever, Lan Samantha Chang, Zadie Smith, Lauren Groff, Steff Penney)
SPINE POETRY – MAY (Part 2)
Ship fever The shape of water, the fatal shore We, the drowned Swimming home Clinging to the wreckage all around Atlantis. (from the brilliant Andrea Barrett, Andrea Camilleri, Robert Hughes, Carsten Jensen, Deborah Levy, John Mortimer, and Deborah Eisenberg) … Continue reading
