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Tag Archives: Tony Hoagland
Ekphrastics, take two
In the comments to yesterday’s post on ekphrastic poetry, a reader asked if I’d ever written a poem about a poem. Self-referential creatures that we are, poets often write about poems, and I’m no exception. So here in order, are … Continue reading
More awakenings
Following yesterday’s post about poems that try to make sense of the constant data we swim in, here’s one by Dean Young, from his booking, Fall Higher. The Tony in this poem is the Tony Hoagland from yesterday. Some Recent … Continue reading
Awake in America
How can we process the barrage of data in which we live? It’s hard to make sense of the huge events that shape current history, and yet here they are, paraded in front of us replayed at 6, 9, 10, … Continue reading
Polenta Pizza & Some Highlights from the Salon
Here is the Polenta Pizza recipe from the Salon, as promised: Polenta Pizza 1½ C Polenta 6 C stock ¼ tsp red pepper flakes ¼ C butter salt to taste Roasted vegetables Heat the stock to boiling and gradually stir … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Flight, Jack Sears, Polenta Pizza, recipe, salon, The Loneliest Job in the World, Tony Hoagland
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Monday, Monday
A friend spent the night last night, and added to our breakfast conversation by reading aloud from the Monday Metropolitan Diary section of the New York Times: “Practice, practice, practice may be the way to Carnegie Hall, but is it … Continue reading
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Tagged Hoagland, Metropolitan Diary, poem, The American Bopra House, The Roy Roost, Tony Hoagland
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Poems by heart
One year at the Squaw Valley Poetry Workshop, Bob Hass gave a craft talk in which he said he had memorized his own poetry by driving around with a cassette of his poems. I’d been memorizing poems for a long … Continue reading
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Tagged John Berryman, Poetry, Robert Hass, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Tony Hoagland, Wm Wordsworth
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