selvage
Finally, a point of view about poetry and the self that makes sense to me. The Self in Poetry: A GNAT (Grossly Non-Academic Talk) with a Weaving Metaphor by Rachel Zucker Quoting the ending...
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dindsenchas
New word! It describes a collection of texts (poetry and prose) from early Irish literature explaining the origins of place names. From Oregon Quarterly article, Oregon’s Epic Estuaries, by Michael Strelow: In twelfth-century Ireland,...
“the poem is born dark”
Paul Celan, as quoted by Pierre Joris, translator: Regarding the darkness of the poem today, imagination and experience, experience and imagination let me think of a darkness of the poem qua poem, of a...
“cheer the market-useless”
Poets Without Products, Vanessa Place So from large Lulu-square type things with staples in the middle to letterpressed thick cream covers to words tossed from mouth to ear to this kind of mouth-to-mouth invigoration,...
orography
OROGRAPHY –noun the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains. Thanks to Word of the Day! Fresh! Fresh! Fresh!, blog of Nathalie Boisard-Beudin
on line
After viewing this multimedia exhibit, MoMA | On Line, I happened to look at my photos from a recent visit to New York. I saw lines everywhere. ‎”Longevity” (Kotobuki) – calligraphy by Hakuin, exhibited...
parrotfish waste
Parrotfish, one of the largest and most colorful of the reef fish, can grow up to 40 inches long. They’re easy to spot – their front teeth are fused together, protruding like buck teeth...