poetry
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This is not a poem
He uses his post-post-modern perspective to deconstruct the new aesthetic. It’s no longer about gender; it’s about synapses. Her emotions are binary, randomly generated. He lights her heart afire with disposable flame. Ablaze, she liftsher arms and twirls like a figure skater. The ashes shape themselves into an egg. All his friends are virtual. These… Continue reading
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Watermark 10th Highest-Rated Poetry Blog?
I just don't see how this is possible: Since I've been blogging again, I took a look at my stats, and discovered several visitors from this site (images are linked.) How can this be? Watermark was neglected for a long time. I recieve fewer than 200 visitors a day, and most of those are looking for Friday… Continue reading
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Through Corridors of Light
Today I received an unexpected bit of solstice light in the mail: There are poets in here whom I love and admire: Emily Dickinson, Jane Kenyon, Theodore Roethke, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, Elizabeth Bishop – well, the list is long. And then there's me. My poem Fibromyalgia is the fourth in the book: … Continue reading
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Politics & Poetics – a repost
Sometimes when I experience a crisis of confidence, as I have lately (what am I doing? is it any good? what does it matter? & so on) I scroll back through this blog, just to see what I have been doing. Late last night I came across this post, from January 2008, which I had… Continue reading
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Inaugural Poem * by Elizabeth Alexander
UPDATE: Here, courtesy of RCH, is the poet's version of the poem, with line breaks: Praise Song for the Day. This version, though, is copywrighted, so I don't feel comfortable posting it here — even though it seems to me that this poem, of any, should belong to any of us. So below is the… Continue reading
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