by McKenzie | Mar 7, 2013 | Reading
AFTER THE GIRL After the girl with the handful of mice and a tiny silver guillotine leaves, we lie down in the dark. You tell me last night you dreamed you wore a beard. The night before you drowned but did not sleep. On the screen behind us citizens of...
by McKenzie | Feb 28, 2013 | Reading
To those of you out there who may have forgotten the details, or are currently available, Jay Baron Nicorvo will be reading at Western Michigan University in the Bernhard Center, Rooms 208-209, at 8pm tonight! In preparation for tonight’s festivities, I decided...
by McKenzie | Feb 1, 2013 | Reading
Aug. 28—(an excerpt) Evening.—A new moon visible in the east. I omit the unusual—the hurricanes and earthquakes—and describe the common. This has the greatest charm and is the true theme of poetry. You may have the extraordinary...
by McKenzie | Feb 1, 2013 | Reading
Over the past two weeks or so, I have been reading Henry David Thoreau’s Journal extensively and have been extremely inspired by it. Despite my growing interest in this collection, though, I have found that it is Thoreau’s least-well-known work, if...
by McKenzie | Dec 18, 2012 | Reading
To mourn the loss of a great poet, I’ve been reading poems by Jake Adam York. Below, I’ve included one of my favorites. It’s been published online in a variety of places and appears in his collection, Murder Ballads. VIGIL The...
by McKenzie | Oct 14, 2012 | Reading
In lieu of e.e.cummings’ birthday—October 14, 1894—I have been reading his poems and wanted to create a found poem of some of his work. I hope you enjoy it. Happy Birthday, e.e.cummings. You were one of my first poetic loves. a found...
