In a Station of the Metro
by Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
Archive for September, 2008
When Brevity is Brilliance–Ezra Pound
Posted in Art, Community, Liam Rector, Poetry, tagged Art, Bennington, Books, Commonplace Books, Community, Drama, Ezra Pound, Ficiton, Journey, Liam Rector, Life, Life and How to Live It, Literature, Nonfiction, Poetry, Poets, Ritual, Students, Teachers, The Beautiful Work, Writers, Writing, Writing Community on September 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Peace on Earth by Williams Carlos Williams
Posted in Absence, Art, Faith, Liam Rector, Life, tagged Absence, Art, Bennington, Books, Drama, Faith, Fear, Fiction, Gratitude, Hobos, Hope, Journey, Language, Liam Rector, Life, Life and How to Live It, Nonfiction, Peace, Poetry, Poets, Politics, Presidential Election, William Carlos Williams, Writers, Writing, Writing Community on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just can’t write, not now. Too much weight and worry, drifts of sadness. I’ll let others who do it so much better lead me now.
Williams has always brought me peace.
Peace on Earth
by William Carlos Williams
The Archer is wake!
The Swan is flying!
Gold against blue
An Arrow is lying.
There is hunting in heaven—
Sleep safe till [...]
Palin–Fear Grows
Posted in Anger, Art, Bennington, Community, Fear, Liam Rector, Loss, Presidential Campaign, Writing, tagged Anger, Art, Banned Books, Bennington, Books, Censorship, Commonplace Books, Community, Drama, Fear, Fiction, First Amendment, Liam Rector, Loss, Nonfiction, Poetry, Politics, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin, Writers, Writing, Writing Community on September 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
IS SARAH PALIN A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ALL POETS AND WRITERS?
Before she was elected governor, she was mayor of a tiny Anchorage suburb, where her greatest accomplishment was raising the sales tax to build a hockey rink. According to Time magazine, she also sought to have books banned from the local library and threatened to [...]
Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100 By Martin Espada
Posted in Absence, Art, Bennington, Books, Building, Community, Gratitude, Grief, Memory, Remembrance, tagged Absence, Anger, Bennington, Books, Building, Community, Gratitude, Grief, How Poetry Heals, Liam Rector, Life, Life and How to Live It, Loss, Martin Espada, Memory, Poetry, Poets, Rebuilding, Remembrance, The Twin Towers, Writers, Writing, Writing Community on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100
by Martín Espada
for the 43 members of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 100, working at the Windows on the World restaurant, who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Center
Alabanza. Praise the cook with the shaven head
and a tattoo on his shoulder that said Oye,
a blue-eyed [...]
