SOME FRANZ WRIGHT (RELIGIOUS POETRY)

While I ponder the essay I’m writing, with no end in sight at the moment, I’m led to Franz Wright’s poetry by a friend. I don’t know how much religion is in Wright’s entire ouerve, but the book my wife got out of the library for me was God’s Silence, and religion is certainly implicit in that [...]

13 March 2013, 7:05 am

PHIL CAMPBELL, JR. (PORT WENTWORTH, GA)

The son of Fayetteville Phil Campbell also attended the I’m with Phil Hoedown of 2011. When I met him he was living in Savannah.   Here is a brief bio of him.   What is your full name? Philip Earl Campbell Jr. Residence: Port Wentworth, GA Age: 46 Profession/job: Delinquent Tax Collector   What are [...]

6 March 2013, 7:02 am

AN ATTEMPT AT HIATUS

I have to go on an hiatus of sorts. This blogging-tweeting work is becoming a real chore. It’s keeping me from pursuing more ambitious projects.   I didn’t mean for this to happen. When everything’s going well I can maintain it all, or at least I think I can. I’ve enjoyed the scrounging I’ve had [...]

5 March 2013, 7:16 am

Some Stephen Dunn

  I saw a Stephen Dunn poem this morning, and I thought I’d write it out, then share it. I enjoyed it; it seems to represent my current mood. I stumbled over the word “collusion,” though. Somehow that word trips me up.   Why I steal poetry explained here (my “what-do-I-know anyway” mea culpa). Buy yourself [...]

5 March 2013, 6:55 am

SOME FREDERICK SEIDEL

I love Frederick Seidel for his occasional foul-mouthed poetry, as well as his unaffected lack of sentimentality. I caught up with him late, through his collected poems, which you can buy here.   I liked the poem “Puberty” for its rich realism and its abrupt, cold ending. I think when you’re at all aware of [...]

25 February 2013, 8:31 pm

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