Kafka’s Letter To His Father
Tags/ Posted by Mark KerstetterWe all kept grinding our respective pestles into the assigned mortars, despite the lack of intrinsic beauty.continue reading this poem
“You struck nearer home with your aversion to my writing and to everything that, unknown to you, was connected with it. Here I had, in fact, got some distance away from you by my own efforts…….”
A Strange Poetry
Tags/ Posted by Christian HarderI am a garden of earthly delights. I am the apple you would fall for a thousand times. I am the apricot you would die for.continue reading this poem
The Oulipo mathematicians met regularly to create new poetic numerical strictures; they believed that in numbers and algorithms there existed the freedom and device to create a synthesized and coherent poetry never before seen…….
Frost in the Hague by Karin van Heerden
Tags/ Posted by Jason ReynoldsIt's a collage of love and craving.continue reading this poem
Tina was the girl whose mother was a prostitute. The council had taken her into care when she was four and this was her third children’s home. She was seventeen like me, but she had left school and worked at a hairdressing salon.
Char’s Refreshing Poetry
Tags/ Posted by Christian HarderOpen your hands, see what is cupped there.continue reading this poem
I value most the literature which I can retreat into when the “real” world becomes too severe. Some might term this an escapist preference…..
