Ken Cormier Q&A on how he became interested in poetry
Ken Cormier, author of Balance Act, talks about how he became interested in poetry.
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Ken Cormier Q&A on the first poem he ever wrote
Ken Cormier, author of Balance Act, talks about the first poem he ever wrote.
Ken Cormier Q&A on the genesis of We’re Sitting on Buildings
Ken Cormier, author of Balance Act, talks about the genesis of his poem We’re Sitting on Buildings.
Patrick Rosal at Bates College
Patrick Rosal recorded live at Bates College, February 27, 2008.
Salvation
The blues is what mothers do not tell their sons, in church or otherwise, how their bodies forgave them when their spirits gave in, how you salvage love by praying for something acoustic, something clean and simple like the ideal room, one with a shelf with your three favorite books and a photo from your […]
Ars Poetica
Yes, the ocean is Buddhist. And the foam scrambling onto the beach is a symphony of cymbals, small and caring like mothers whispering to their children in the front pew, sssshhh. Perhaps then the trees should believe in God. Of course. How they reach straight up after all those years like the Chinese grandmothers rising […]
Dancing Near a Body of Water
You are the heart and the lungs of this ocean by which I wave my earthly body, my simple arms curling like commas into the foam. Yes, you are the heart and the lungs of this ocean because we agree to let it be this way tonight, your smile the way home, our home nowhere […]
In the Tower District, Fresno
There are fragments of everything. An artist draws the sun on the verge of arrival. Andres the poet says you can’t fight this heat, it’s too large for us, so pleasure must be discovered in the submission. Two boys walk, one in front of the other, holding him by a leash. A Chihuahua smiles at […]