by Ryukan | Nov 4, 2011 | Blog
Tilla loola luula loola Tilla luula loola luula Tilla loola luula loola Tilla luula loola luula —from “Ursonate” by Kurt Schwitters One thing that seems to distinguish poems from prose is sound. I hope for us to consider the relationship of primal sound to the...
by Ryukan | Oct 27, 2011 | Blog
The Uncanny It’s alive! Or is it? Genre writers know how to make your skin crawl. A favorite item in their toolkit: The uncanny. I don’t just mean something spooky. I mean something that seems familiar but also strange. Think of the pod people from Invasion of the...
by Ryukan | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog
Have you had an absurd or incomprehensible dream lately? Rich subconscious secrets and great poems cleverly hide behind and between dream images. Often the more absurd the inviting dream and its connections are, the more rich meaning resides. It is our linear mind...
by Ryukan | Oct 12, 2011 | Blog
What is the cultural context for poetry at this particular moment in history? What do readers hunger for in the age of the electronic reader? What are the impacts of advancing technology and declining meaningful time spent engaging beyond the computer/smartphone...
by Ryukan | Oct 9, 2011 | Events
When someone tells you where they’re from, are they quick to qualify their statement? When you know a poet hails from a certain locale, how does that effect your perception of them? If Frank O’ Hara had been from Oklahoma, would you read him the same way?...
