Monthly Archives: January 2012

Three Poems by Lyn Lifshin

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

In A Breeze Of Dates And Olives, 4000 Years BC By Lyn Lifshin                                                 The first poet we know to have signed her name to what                                                 she wrote, she Lived 2285-2250BCE. High priestess in the                                                 Sumerian city state of Ur. After … Continue reading →

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Invented Form: The Fusion Sonnet

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

By Sonnet Mondal The fusion sonnet comprises a 14 line Poem followed by a half sonnet of 7 lines acting as a coda or tail to add additional stability to the poem. No particular meter is followed fusing it with … Continue reading →

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Engaging Space: Collaborations on the Berm with Sydney Lancaster

Posted on January 22, 2012 by admin

By Catherine Owen In which I discuss the process of a deep engagement with my physical environment in Edmonton where I lived from 2006-2009, partially through the aegis of a visual artist with whom I spent several years working on … Continue reading →

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Poem by Jess Provencio

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

madame fortune teller By Jess Provencio i’m next door to the oldest 18 and over club in weho when they get there early they stop at starbucks to caffeinate    then come to see me i’ve sat here for many years in … Continue reading →

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Two poems by Corrina Bain

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin

Induction By Corrina Bain We are here to honor a dead woman-writer. It’s a party. A white lady in timidly indigenous clothing smilingly wonders what Sylvia Plath would be like now. I am not really in the conversation, but I … Continue reading →

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Preoccupied: Radius, Volume Two

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin

By Victor D. Infante I’ve been struggling with Occupy poems, lately. Oh, I’m sure there are excellent ones out there, but I’ve been finding most of the ones we get here … thin. Too much head, not enough … I … Continue reading →

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