Clik here to view.
POURING HOT WATER FOR TEA
As I poured hot water for tea, A moment before I started writing poetry, I wondered if my dog wondered about the steam. No, my dog lives for hunger in a hungry dream; He’s not curious about scientific...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NOR AM I LOVING YOU
Socrates said all poems should praise The truly heroic. But the gods these days Are less optimistic, and the muses Display in their poems the poem that loses Its way. Who fathers, in their own mind,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I LIKE WHAT WOMEN DO
I like what women do. When they run, I almost cry, So overcome by the natural majesty of it, And when they engage in sports I worship that, too; I never tire of their exertions In any physical trial...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WHAT IS CONSPIRACY AND LOVE?
What are you getting out of this? One night in bed? A used kiss? A feeling of superiority? I saw that smile— You haven’t enjoyed being with someone in a while. You know, vaguely in the back of your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO LOVE
There is so much to love, And you were so loving— How did I think you would love only me? To write a poem I thought of nothing but it, And to love, my love loves narrowly. So I write poems and love....
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE VANITY OF VISUAL ART
The vanity of visual art Is the soul of modern poetry. When I cast my eye at buildings In the March light I note the vanity Of every photo stored on my phone. I must save photos of family— But there’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MARCH MADNESS 2020—THE SUBLIME!!
The sublime requires size. The small, or that which aims at the small, cannot be sublime. It’s really that simple. And when we can be simple, we should be. And this very idea has in it something of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE 2020 SCARRIET MARCH MADNESS CONTINUES
In case you missed it, here’s the Classical lineup: Homer Plato Aristotle Sophocles Ovid Horace Virgil Dante Petrarch da Vinci Shakespeare Donne Milton G.E. Lessing Thomas Gray Edmund Burke Imagine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“SUBLIME” MADNESS CONTINUES—THE MODERN BRACKET
HERE’S THE MODERN LINEUP We’ve already seen the magnificent Classical and the Romantic Brackets, but some say this is the most profound sixteen they’ve ever seen! Despite the corona virus emergency,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE POST-MODERN BRACKET IN THE SUBLIME MARCH MADNESS!!
Here is the Post-Modern Bracket, 16 heart-breaks which belong to now—our era, beginning with a boomer anthem, “Day in the Life,” and ending with a memory very recently seen on Facebook. This completes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HOMER VERSUS BURKE IN CLASSICAL BRACKET!
Welcome to the first game in the 2020 March Madness—the Sublime! First seed Homer versus 16th seed Edmund Burke in the Classical Bracket! Marla Muse, thanks for joining us! “Glad to be here, Tom!...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WHEN A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS LOVED
When a beautiful woman is loved, She feels the whole world loving her, Because the lucky man will love her that way. She likes the world with less people in it. No one wants to be loved by the whole...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MORE ACTION IN THE CLASSICAL BRACKET: GRAY VERSUS PLATO!
Sixty-four contestants (the large number in any March Madness single elimination tournament) can be quite overwhelming. As quickly as we can, let’s play the tournament and decrease the store. We’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DIVINITY
O define the divine? It’s easy to do. First, it has nothing to do with you; You and I are friends, and we agree. Disagreement is the secret to all divinity. The one, who, I believe, is divine, Owns...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FURTHER FIRST ROUND ACTION IN THE CLASSICAL BRACKET
In the great shadowy island which holds the Scarriet March Madness arena—its architecture, intricate in old building trades and devices, with a weirdly imaginative cunning mostly lost and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I HAVE TO THINK
I have to think what division, in this case, means, As I am both divided in my mind, and divided from you. That will be the first part of my poem, But shall I divide up my poem as Dante taught me to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ROMANTIC BRACKET PLAY IN THE SUBLIME MADNESS TOURNEY!
The fan turnout has been unbelievable for this year’s Madness tournament. Everyone is flying to Madness Island for these games. And Marla Muse has been quite the hostess. Marla Muse: I love the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE MODERN BRACKET—FIRST ROUND ACTION!!
Welcome to more March Madness and the Sublime—our 2020 theme. This is the Modern Bracket (Classical and Romantic have concluded first round play). Marla Muse, we have a poet represented in our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MORE ACTION IN THE MARCH MADNESS MODERN BRACKET (AND MARY ANGELA DOUGLAS IS...
Good news, Marla! Marla Muse: I’ve heard. Mary is back. Her fans are making a ruckus in the tents by the lake leading up to the arena. The Post-Modern Bracket is next, but we need to get back to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FIRST ROUND ACTION CONCLUDES IN THE MODERN BRACKET
Alan Seeger—yes, he is related to the folk singer Pete Seeger—certainly has a sublime entry: I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And...
View Article