Posted by rhoff1949 on April 6, 2010 in Featured

I’m very proud to be a small part of Thoughtcast, which Jenny Attiyeh describes as “a watering hole for ideas.” She recorded my reading at The New England Poetry Club on the occasion of my receiving their Sheila Motton Award for best book published in the previous two years. I read with Wendy Mnookin, whose […]

I am incensed by a news article in the Boston Globe today, “Pope to deliver apology to Ireland.” I have seldom seen such a cynical acceptance of the public relations dictum “perception is all.” The article seems to agree that the problem is the Catholic Church’s “image,” and not the worldwide criminal conspiracy recently brought […]

Posted by rhoff1949 on March 9, 2010 in Featured

This fine essay is reposted from wood s lot. I believe it gets to the root of our condition, i.e. it’s a truly radical analysis of not only our economic, but also our social and spiritual devastation. HOW WALL STREET TRANSFORMED WORK IN AMERICA by Etay Zwick …Pick up the New York Times today, and […]

VALENTINE, sotto voce May breathon the tendermembraneof your febrilepinna fill yourcochleawith fluid, and myhammeringon your incusringyour tiniest bone. — for Kathi

A friend sent me this. All too true on the day of the “State of the Union” address: A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude, spotted a man in a boat below and shouted, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I’d meet him […]

I won’t be able to post tomorrow, so here is Issa’s haiku for the turn of the year. HAPPY NEW YEAR! New Year’s Day—everything is in blossom! I feel about average. Kobayashi Issa (1763 – 1828)

I first became aware of painter David Sholl’s work on the cover of his sister Betsy Sholl’s poetry collection, The Red Line. Recently I had the chance to see his works in his studio at Brickbottom Artists. As in the painting above, Sholl is a master of texture and light, freshening our vision as the […]

DECEMBER 26th A BB gun.A model plane.A basketball.A ’lectric train.A bicycle.A cowboy hat.A comic book.A baseball bat.A deck of cards.A science kit.A racing car.A catcher’s mitt.So that’s my listof everythingthat Santa Clausforgot to bring. — Kenn Nesbit

There is a half hour interview with yours truly, speaking with Elizabeth Lund HERE. She has interviewed a number of fine poets on this site, including Meg Kearney, Fred Marchant, and Kathleen Aguero. ENJOY!

I came across this poem (though I don’t recall where or when) and just wanted to post it here. Ann Hutt Browning’s book of poems, Deep Landscape Turning, was published in August, 2009, by the Ibbetson Street Press. AN ORDINARY LIFE When she awoke in the morning She threw back her all cotton sheet, Cotton […]