Dear friends,
The
second issue of Peter Parasol will consist of poems written in response to my
friend Sarah's artwork "The Gasp Mechanism." If you're interested in
participating, please read the details here:
http://www.peterparasol.net/gasp/
and send in your poem by April 30, 2008. If you're not interested in
this specific exercise but would like to be notified about future ones, drop me a line. Thanks!
The wikipedia article on John Berryman is a particularly good one.
"These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. / They are only meant to terrify & comfort."
"The narrative stops . . . Good-bye to the narration."
thanks to red, i can post!
first i will go to the food coop with my husband and obtain dinner materials. then -- expect more verbage.
p.s. my main site is: geegaw.com

You're right -- unusual tonal coherence in that entry.If I'd known the Stephen Spender quote, I would've stolen it for... read more
on giveth & taketh away