August - 2020

Day 31 The Final Day: "Stained Glass Poems" by Rosanna Warren

My copy is signed. Thank you Harold. This collections is the 1993 Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets. As we enter...

A Tribute: A we near the end of the Sealey Challenge

I did not know the name of my benefactor of 800-900+ books. I know that they are inscribed to Harold M... (he wanted to be anonymous, so...

Day 30: "James Wright: The Collected Poems" James Wright

Because this is a collection, James Wright's path is portrayed closely chronologically and shows growth and change. Subject matter...

Day 29: "The Tradition" by Jericho Brown-Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 2020

I admit that I have read only about 15 of the poems in the collection and skimmed some of the rest. Even in skimming there is...

Day 29--but wait not yet! I'm watching Highlander

I haven't watched Highlander the Original Movie in a very, very long time. Of course, the Queen pieces, and a few bits, but damn! Still...

Day 28: "The New Testament" by Jericho Brown

To my great shame, I was unaware of Jericho Brown until after an online interview and reading with Grace Cavaliere aired. I was/am...

Day 27: "The Poet's Cookbook: Recipes from Tuscany" Grace Cavaliere and Sabine Pascare

The Poet's Cookbook is fun and not like any book I've ever seen. It is part anthology part cookbook. There are translations, poetry in...

Day 26: "for an okay free woman" by Lester Paldy

I read the first five-ten poems and thought that the book would only be about nature's beauty. The poems were very specific, rich in...

Day 25: "the volcano sequence" by Alicia Suskin Ostrinker

If you like poem cycle or sequences this the collection for you. Artful, rebellious, lyrical--all describe. The Torah and the G_d is...

Day 24: "The Northway" by Lisa Bellamy

Again, a bit of a cheat--but a good one. Lisa was, sometimes is, my instructor at The Writers Studio. Of all of my courses, there (I went...

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