The other day, Meg wrote a post about poetry and story-telling which was inspired by a commentary she had read – and read to me – that suggested poets have too much abandoned stories for word-play, making them increasingly inaccessible and irrelevant to all but a small segment of the population. Now, I confess. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Central America’
Plain Poetry, Frogs and Wartime
Posted in Misc., Reading and Writing, tagged Central America, Poetry, Reading and Writing on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Belly of the Beast
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged Central America, Childhood, The Left on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The United States of America. That name inspires a lot of feeling in me. Anger, fear, confundedness. But mostly revulsion. Strong word, I know. But it really does hit me that hard. So hard I can feel it in my throat. I can feel my chest constrict. When I think of the United States, I [...]
