One thing leads to another and I came across two poets who
write in a style similar to mine.
I recommend them: Craig Dworkin, and Robert Grenier. As an example here’s a Craig Dworkin poem, a
wonderful one, from his book Motes (a
fabulous bargain at the Kindle price):
QUAIL DAMAGE
how sad for
those birds
Another recommendation---and a fascinating and easy two-day
read---is The Professor and the Madman: A tale of
murder, insanity and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon
Winchester. Behind the scenes in the
creation of the OED. Wiki-schmiki----how
did they do it? And where would we be
without it?
Finally, this Saturday (June 20, 2014), the city where I live celebrates the Summer
Solstice with a big parade through downtown and concomitant festivities and merrymaking everywhere else. I’ve not been a devout parade–goer in my
time here, but this year, after what has transpired (and been overcome) in my family in the 12 months preceding,
I’m ready to rumble, and am planning to blatantly defy doctors’ orders and
binge on everything I’ve been specifically told to moderate or
avoid---with gluttonous emphasis (or énfasis, as they say in Spanish) on
spinach and broccoli and bread and cheese and wine, thank you very much. If there is another posting after this one,
we’ll know I made it.