Articles Tagged with #poetry
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Lunch Poems
Michael Loughran
“Year of the Grim Light” I was using fewer and fewer words, and then I was using none. Not even a running gag with the dog, or...
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New York's Roadside Attractions
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
Two Sundays ago I trekked out to the Bronx to visit the Edgar Allen Poe Cottage. (Although Poe was better known for bouncing between Richmond and Baltimore, he spent several...
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Letters From London
The City Is Wilder and Kinder Than You Think
Situationist invades Hoxton… Street poems arouse Londoners… Public discourse colored by disfigured Futura… Robert Montgomery’s street poems have something to say to you.
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Notes From #WallStreet
Meditations in an Occupation
I and the three students conversed. I asked Leo what he was reading. He said Crime and Punishment. I said, “That’s funny! I’ve just been...
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Democratic Vistas
Poetry for the Age of American Decline
Poetry can provide solace. It can also remind people to quit freaking out. Poems selected for Congress, nervous shoppers, Maureen Dowd, and the President of the United States.
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Lunch Poems
Sugar Cube
There is a big difference between looking for something and simply looking, though travel can suit both pursuits.
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Lunch Poems
Beware of False Friends
A new poem about lies and truth, and the fact that George Washington’s transplanted teeth were not made of wood, but probably came from his slaves.
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Letters From the Hostel Life
Travels With Nathan
To our knowledge, Ezra Pound never saw a donkey show. Here’s updated cantos for drunk backpackers in Madrid and jerks on the Dead Sea.
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Lunch Poems
All This Debris Is Starting to Clog the System
A poem for when missing someone makes the soles of your feet hurt.
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Lunch Poems
Humility & Co.
A new poem about the things families say and do during the holidays—when some words mean nothing, and some wreck meals.
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Lunch Poems
Mikvah
A new poem, part confession, part song, about immersion and seafood soup.
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Personal Essays
The Karma Bum
When Allen Ginsberg stayed with my family, we played video games and read together. But the harmony was broken when the yoga began. It wouldn’t be the last time.