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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...


Day 23: "The Last Shift" by Philip Levine
I must say that I was introduced to Philip Levine's work in The Writers Studio. Somehow, I never encountered it before. This particular...


A Jim Byrnes Concert!!!!
I have to admit that Covid-17 has been awful. The death toll keeps rising. I disinfect disinfectant. But, exciting things are happening...


Day 22: "The World Doesn't End" by Charles Simic
Well, I've circled back around to Simic. This book is much more of what I know. This collection is made up of prose poems and prose poems...
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