“I’ll Miss You Later,” by James Gaynor
Gaynor’s I’ll Miss You Later is also available as a Kindle ebook. Prolonged...
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Category: Poetry
“Plasticine,” by Robert Hogg
Plasticine – Stolen from Wm. Harbutt, A.R.C.A., of Bath, UK Before you fashion anything...
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“Postcards in Quarantine” and “Portal,” by DJ Gaskin
Postcards in Quarantine I write postcards from my home, receive in return greetings from China,...
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“What I Hear in Because of Poetry,” by Miriam Nichols
And it got so bad Rimbaud had to toss Beauty off his knees, she was so sour – Olson, Special...
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“Why I Am Not a Genius (for Kent Johnson),” by Mark Scroggins
Photo by Matthew Barlow I am not a genius. How do I know that? Most days I can hit “Genius” level...
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“2020, Bella Ciao (2020, Farewell my Beautiful)* — A Modern Adaptation,” by Micheline Ishay
One morning I woke up I saw a dandelion in my cup A sign of a new invader Spreading as a crusader...
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“Antidisestablishmentarianism: A Too Personal Thunk on Kent Johnson’s Big House,” by Joshua Weiner
Image “Phone Booth, Notting Hill,” by Garin M. Creative Commons I’ve been...
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“Kent Johnson’s Poetomachia,” by Sharon Thesen
Image of Ben Jonson I’ve enjoyed reading Kent Johnson’s Because of Poetry so much that I’ve read...
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“After Reading Kent Johnson’s Because of Poetry I Have a Really Big House,” by James Gaynor
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Herbarium, circa 1839-1846. “Cannabis Page.” After...
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“Another Poem from the Chinese for Kent Johnson’s Big House,” by Fred Wah
Postcard: Chinatown, c. 1958. Creative Commons, this work is marked as being in the public domain....
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“From the Journal of Fausto Bedoya on Kent Johnson’s Because of Poetry,” by Karl Jirgens
Image: KJ Photo Self-Portrait Fausto Bedoya “borrowed” my copy of Johnson’s newest book. I...
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“To Kent Johnson, After the Georgia Recount as I Wait for the Poinsettia to Turn Red Again,” by Johnny Payne
Image by Li Sixun (李思訓, 651-716), a Chinese painter who was later seen as the chief exponent of a...
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Eliot Katz on Kent Johnson
“Poets Eyeing America,” A Collage by Eliot Katz I wanted to send in a contribution to your...
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“Anti-Trump Poems,” by Eliot Katz
“Another World Is Possible,” Global Justice movement rally. Photo by Eliot Katz Would...
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“The Kent Johnson Dossier: Because of Poetry, I Have a Really Big House,” by Theresa Smalec
Cover image by visual poet Mike Basinski, longtime director (now retired) of the Buffalo Poetry...
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“ONE OF THE GREATEST POETS I’VE NEVER MET: Kent Johnson’s Big House,” by Patrick James Dunagan
“It was complicated digging the tunnels under the Poetry Foundation.” So opens “The...
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Three Poems by Joe Safdie
Prophecy In the future humanity will be optional, not available in all areas. Most of us will be...
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“the theme music for HBO’s Succession,” by Joe Safdie
the theme music for HBO’s Succession has “cemented its status in sonic TV history” according to an...
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“Elegy,” by Wade Bell
Elegy My mother sobbing Her sisters older younger sobbing Edmonton deep winter 1944 what I...
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“Aged Candidates,” by Stephen Brockwell
Aged Candidates Some countries have elected nursing mothers Some countries have elected fathers...
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