August 10th, 2011
Poetry Review: “Counting Blessings” by Morris Berman
Tags/ Posted by Stacy EricsonIn a bubble bath Of Kandinsky shapes A universe of rings Circling in an orbitcontinue reading this poem
To me, a retired Morris Berman is more like a retired Seneca or Tacitus, drinking wine in a villa rustica, considering the optimal moment for harvesting the wheat crop.
November 29th, 2010
Bernard Kops – Dancing in the Sunlight
Tags/ Posted by Thomas Ország-LandAs I sat in the Coffee Club today, who should I see but Ernest Hemingway.continue reading this poem
Kops (b. 1926) is a top British dramatist, his plays performed worldwide for decades. He has written more than 40 plays, nine novels and two autobiographies. He runs a master-class for playwrights. But poetry remains for him, as he put it, the quintessence of everything in literature.
June 7th, 2010
A Review of Peter Davis’s Poetry! Poetry! Poetry!
Tags/ Posted by Mark Kerstettertrying to shut the howling of the whistle out of my sleep trying to get back to a memory that aroused me once upon a time taking the Nightcontinue reading this poem
When I received my copy of Peter Davis’s new book Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! I sat and read it through, laughing the whole way. Then I shared some of the poems with my wife, and the next day told others about it. That doesn’t happen every day.
