October 2010
2 posts
November 2010: Proverbs
From the INBOX project
by Jonathan Ball
Possible Interpretation: A rhyme to remember how to avoid a hangover. Red sky at night: shepherd’s delight. Red sky in the morning: shepherd’s warning.
Variant: Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised. If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride, but you...
October 2010: X (Angel City) by Joseph Lease
Joseph Lease’s critically acclaimed books of poetry include Broken World (Coffee House Press) and Human Rights (second edition forthcoming from Talisman House).
His poem “‘Broken World’ (For James Assatly)” was selected for The Best American Poetry 2002 (Scribner).
Marjorie Perloff wrote: “The poems in Joseph Lease’s Broken World are as cool as they are passionate, as soft-spoken as...