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all that we wake to this morning
Geegaw links, with reservations, to this interesting poem by Juliana Spahr. I like its fundamental trick: the use of an archaic rhetorical mode to articulate some of the trillions of details that wash over us in the contemporary world. Sort of like if Walt Whitman were doing NPR's Morning Edition. (I should remember to go visit the Shampoo website more regularly; I often enjoy the poetry I come across there.)
In other poetry news: after reading my post on Simic, my old pal Darren D. recommended Thomas Bernhard's book The Voice Imitator, comprised of 104 paragraph-long stories. These six excerpts make the book look pretty appealing. |
Thursday, November 13, 2003
10:43 AM
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