February 2011
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January 2011
18 posts
i know a man, in underwood typewriter
Robert Creeley reading “I Know A Man”...
To make two bold statements
To make two bold statements: There’s nothing sentimental about a machine, and: A poem is a small (or large) machine made out of words. When I say there’s nothing sentimental about a poem, I mean that there can be no part that is redundant.
Prose may carry a load of ill-defined matter like a ship. But poetry is a machine which drives it, pruned to a perfect economy. As in...
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The word courage is very interesting. It comes from a Latin root cor, which means, “heart.” So to be courageous means to live with the heart. And weaklings, only weaklings, live with the head; afraid, they create a security of logic around themselves. Fearful, they close every window and door — with theology, concepts, words, theories — and inside those closed doors and...
“Hominids were the first monkeys to invent fire.” — Telian, 7th grade.
“Identity is your credit card number.” -Silvester, 7th grade
Society’s new expectations for boys today are a contradiction — and we have done little to resolve it. We now say that we want boys to share their vulnerable feelings, but at the same time we expect them to cover their need for dependency and hide their natural feelings of love and caring behind the mask of masculine autonomy and strength. It’s an impossible assignment for...
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It’s cute and I leave a bowl of oranges
