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https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/05/brian-fawcett-part-six.html Brian Palmu: Brian Fawcett (Part Six) "good writing is still valuable because it permits us to treat complex subject matters with conceptual precision and thus enhances our abili... brian palmu fawcett part six https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/ Brian Palmu: 2011 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-ed-champions-review-of-ian-mcewans.html?showComment=1318564636242 Brian Palmu: On Ed Champion's Review of Ian McEwan's Saturday http://januarymagazine.com/fiction/saturday.html I finished reading Saturday Sunday. That is, I finished Ian McEwan's post- Atonement novel... brian palmu ed champion https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/02/shane-koyczans-olympic-feat.html Brian Palmu: Shane Koyczan's Olympic Feat After yesterday surfing the fascinating links to and from Shane Koyczan's "We Are More" slam verselet, I began to think of two dominant mean... brian palmu shane koyczan olympic feat https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/04/shhhh-church-is-in-service.html Brian Palmu: Shhhh!!!! Church Is In Service SMOKY DEER UNDERGROUND PRAYS IN FALLING SEPULCHRAL LIGHT (After Tim Lilburn, while shining my halo) The deer, folding, and folding, like nip... brian palmu is in shhhh church service https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/03/monday-mailbag-9.html?showComment=1270454115786 Brian Palmu: Monday Mailbag #9 Dear Tribal Hack: We're in the midst of a hot debate in our university seminar course about which of T. S. Eliot's masterpieces was the bett... brian palmu monday mailbag https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/11/yann-martel-torch-bearer-for-literature.html Brian Palmu: Yann Martel -- Torch Bearer for Literature [edit] I've just discovered Martel is more "humane" than I'd first surmised. The set-up was a book sent every other week. Math, below, alter... brian palmu yann martel torch bearer literature https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/01/dave-smiths-fates-kite.html Brian Palmu: Dave Smith's FATE'S KITE 91 thirteen-liners comprise American poet Dave Smith's 1995 Fate's Kite , his (to its release) 15th (!) collection in 25 years. Now, this la... brian palmu dave smith fate kite https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/07/gary-geddes-falsework.html?showComment=1281320421494 Brian Palmu: Gary Geddes' Falsework Gary Geddes' seventeenth book of poetry, 2007's Falsework, operates in that curious mix of poetic construction and prose patchwork. The conc... brian palmu gary geddes falsework https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/06/offal-office.html Brian Palmu: The Offal Office I haven't heard horseshit like this since Baghdad Bob was rousing terrified and bewildered citizens with his witticisms. Unfortunately, the ... brian palmu offal office https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/04/ Brian Palmu: April 2008 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu april https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2020/ Brian Palmu: 2020 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/10/evie-christies-gutted.html Brian Palmu: Evie Christie's "Gutted" Evie Christie's Gutted is a wildly uneven effort, and for a first book of poetry, there's nothing wrong with that. She takes chances with e... brian palmu evie christie gutted https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/01/ethereal-beauty-60.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #60 Wild distant shore, unheard applause, or are The bright shells, sea-scrubbed, goading me again? Dewclawed, paws crossed in defensive X, lone... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/12/sara-teasdales-kiss.html Brian Palmu: Sara Teasdale's "The Kiss" THE KISS I hoped that he would love me, And he has kissed my mouth, But I am like a stricken bird That cannot reach the south. For though I ... brian palmu sara teasdale kiss https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/03/ethereal-beauty-100.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #100 I was the ultimate lonely hydrogen atom Clinging to whichever deluded body was open. A thin stripped beam of silver wire streaming Through t... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2014/12/ Brian Palmu: December 2014 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu december https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-omearas-storm-still.html Brian Palmu: David O'Meara's STORM STILL Wonderful! And a first book (1999). I'm eager to read his follow-ups. (From "December, 6 A.M."): "floats/inside this airy hour like smoke in... brian palmu david o meara storm still https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-times-they-are-changin-part-two.html Brian Palmu: The Times They Are A-Changin' (Part Two) (Quotations are taken from links provided in my last post, directly under this one.) "I was rejected for years, and then I published a bit... brian palmu the times they are part two https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-they-say-and-what-they-mean.html?showComment=1260920513684 Brian Palmu: What They Say, And What They Mean "The comments feature on this blog has been turned off for the moment. Partly this is because of the holidays and a need to *not* be checkin... what they say brian palmu mean https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/02/monday-mailbag-3.html Brian Palmu: Monday Mailbag #3 Dear Tribal Hack: I'm a prominent retired athlete who's been put in an unfortunate dilemma by certain local connections. I'm to write an occ... brian palmu monday mailbag https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/09/from-letters-of-ted-hughes.html Brian Palmu: From the "Letters of Ted Hughes" "[N]ot a few poets have toyed with the conviction that if they were given the chance, they could create a superior sort of liturgy -- more i... brian palmu from the letters ted hughes https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/11/meredith-quartermains-recipes-from-red.html Brian Palmu: Meredith Quartermain's Recipes from the Red Planet Meredith Quartermain's 2010 Recipes from the Red Planet , published by BookThug, didn't make it to this year's Governor General's poetry aw... brian palmu meredith quartermain from the recipes planet https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/11/ethereal-beauty-18.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #18 I'm back from a brutal triple-celestial attack With my insanity, dentures, left testicle intact. Wobbly winos backpedal 'round my kitchen ut... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-years-say.html Brian Palmu: "New Year's Say" NEW YEAR'S SAY (spoofing Robert Lowell's "New Year's Day") Again in a vat of gin, the year is born In lace and turpentine, and it will never... brian palmu new year say https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-they-say-and-what-they-mean.html Brian Palmu: What They Say, And What They Mean "The comments feature on this blog has been turned off for the moment. Partly this is because of the holidays and a need to *not* be checkin... what they say brian palmu mean https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2015/08/ Brian Palmu: August 2015 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu august https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/10/mark-mark-carney-and-occupy-wall-street.html Brian Palmu: Mark Carney, and Occupy Wall Street, Canadian Edition I just caught the tail end of the disgustingly sane Peter Mansbridge interviewing Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney (perfectly appropriate... occupy wall street brian palmu mark carney canadian edition https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/11/ethereal-beauty-21.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #21 'POET': I love the smell of formaldehyde in the morning. My Love is finally here, I'm no longer in mourning. Formal in shrew hides, 'beauty'... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/08/michael-lynch-pinhead-column-on-peak.html Brian Palmu: Michael Lynch -- A Pinhead Column on Peak Oil I hadn't heard of Michael Lynch before, but he has the same bio -- decades-long energy consultant -- as other pimps for the Cambridge Energy... brian palmu michael lynch pinhead column peak https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/03/renata-salecl.html Brian Palmu: Renata Salecl A brilliant lecture by philosopher/sociologist http://www.buworldofideas.org/shows/2008/03/20080323.asp Renata Salecl on "The Tyranny Of Ch... brian palmu renata https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/05/jim-johnstones-patternicity.html?showComment=1314091991333 Brian Palmu: Jim Johnstone's Patternicity A cavil to start, and a strong one: the title. Patternicity (2010), Jim Johnstone's second book of poetry, is pegged, according to Michael S... brian palmu jim johnstone https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/11/etereal-beauty-5.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #5 I'm back in the ward, number six-two-one-three. The nice men in starched vests took a fancy to me And tied me in a triple-bind straightjacke... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/11/enthusiasm-winners-and-losers.html Brian Palmu: Enthusiasm; Winners and Losers Today was one of those multiple-metaphor-on-a-theme days. Before heading out tonight, I happened to read Leon Rooke's short story "Wintering... brian palmu enthusiasm winners losers https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/09/peter-trower.html?showComment=1221675600000 Brian Palmu: Peter Trower I first discovered the poetry of Peter Trower by a lucky perusal through some forgotten second-hand bookstore round about 1982. I was immedi... brian palmu peter trower https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2016/12/ Brian Palmu: December 2016 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu december https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/02/ethereal-beauty-83.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #83 My Love, my Beauty, I'm your pink corn cockle, Your hematic filbert cracked under a hard sun, Folded in fury, bent in a quarter-moon Against... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/11/paul-vermeersch-on-intent-snark-and.html Brian Palmu: Paul Vermeersch On Intent, Snark, and Missing the Point http://www.paulvermeersch.blogspot.com/ A well-written and well-considered post from Paul Vermeersch on unfair reviewing practices. "In crit... brian palmu paul https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/04/not-yet-turning-page.html Brian Palmu: Not Yet Turning The Page Blue day, and I don't mean the sky. Two hours of dental surgery, eleven hundred dollars lighter in the pocket (no dental plan since I'm self... brian palmu not yet turning https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/10/from-language-log-site.html Brian Palmu: From the "Language Log" Site "Here's why I bothered to write anything at all about a pathetic little 500-word radio sermon: I am so sick of seeing stupid writing advice ... brian palmu from the language log site https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/03/robin-skeltons-in-this-poem-i-am.html Brian Palmu: Robin Skelton's IN THIS POEM I AM: SELECTED POETRY Robin Skelton wrote more than one hundred books, including about thirty collections of poetry. Many people don't read that much in a lifeti... brian palmu https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/02/david-omearas-noble-gas-penny-black.html Brian Palmu: David O'Meara's NOBLE GAS, PENNY BLACK Though narrative detail is important in his work, David O'Meara is a poet of evocative mood. "I Used to Live Around Here" is a good example.... brian palmu david o meara noble gas https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/02/katia-grubisics-what-if-red-ran-out.html Brian Palmu: Katia Grubisic's WHAT IF RED RAN OUT Katia Grubisic's initial collection, What if red ran out, reminds me of the work of Karen Solie, Ken Babstock (image, allusion, overview), ... brian palmu what if katia red ran https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/02/taster-of-poe-puts-20-questions-to.html Brian Palmu: A Taster of Poe Puts 20 Questions to Brian Palmu 1. Did your first book change your life? Immeasurably -- I think. It coincided precisely with getting laid for the first time. I was reading... brian palmu taster poe puts questions https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/03/monday-mailbag-7.html Brian Palmu: Monday Mailbag #7 Dear Tribal Hack: Occasional poems seem to have fallen off a cliff in contemporary CanPo ever since the project book -- whether unified narr... brian palmu monday mailbag https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2014/02/indoor-nature.html Brian Palmu: Indoor Nature (First published in subTerrain , issue #66.) ------------------------------------------ Morris entered the busy diner at noon, coughing ... brian palmu indoor nature https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/05/ Brian Palmu: May 2009 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu may https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2018/ Brian Palmu: 2018 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/12/tim-bowlings-witness-ghost.html Brian Palmu: Tim Bowling's "The Witness Ghost" Tim Bowling's The Witness Ghost (2003) is a book length elegiac sequence on the death of the author's father. This -- the topic and the mult... brian palmu the witness tim bowling ghost https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/11/yann-martel-torch-bearer-for-literature.html?showComment=1258592546390 Brian Palmu: Yann Martel -- Torch Bearer for Literature [edit] I've just discovered Martel is more "humane" than I'd first surmised. The set-up was a book sent every other week. Math, below, alter... brian palmu yann martel torch bearer literature https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/12/ethereal-beauty-40.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #40 Wandering, unsavory, in fields of wildflower blades, Caressing fickle shade of bumbling bees, tonguing stems, I beaver and bevel in askew un... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/01/q-with-god.html?showComment=1296302852675 Brian Palmu: Q & A With God Me: Hello, God. How are you? God: Hello child. What is your name? I'm doing fine thanks, how are you? Me: Frank Bummersmelt. Do you enjoy po... brian palmu q god https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/07/gary-geddes-falsework.html?showComment=1279800395093 Brian Palmu: Gary Geddes' Falsework Gary Geddes' seventeenth book of poetry, 2007's Falsework, operates in that curious mix of poetic construction and prose patchwork. The conc... brian palmu gary geddes falsework https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/01/church-is-back-in-service.html Brian Palmu: Church Is Back In Service It's been several puff pieces since the latest "one reviewer panned my book, and the other also doesn't love everything he reads, so I'm her... brian palmu back in church service https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/02/ethereal-beauty-82.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #82 Infirm in the infirmary, Germ-ridden, kitschy, Cavalier on the lam, Fondling an X-ray carbon By the carbonated fizz In my denture glass, All... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/10/sue-wheelers-habitat.html Brian Palmu: Sue Wheeler's HABITAT Sue Wheeler is one of many poets whose name I've happened across from time to time over the years, without anything more registering than th... brian palmu sue wheeler habitat https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2018/01/ Brian Palmu: January 2018 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu january https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/11/runaway-jury-award-for-poetry-gg.html Brian Palmu: Runaway Jury Award for the Poetry GG http://www.goodreports.net/essays/jury61/htm I enjoyed sparring and agreeing with Alex Good and Jacob Mooney. And it was the first time I've... brian palmu for the runaway jury award https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/12/chris-banks-bonfires-and-cold-panes-of.html Brian Palmu: Chris Banks' "Bonfires" and "The Cold Panes Of Surfaces" It's not often I concentrate fully on a book (or books) of poetry, and still come away empty and bored. There're often a few redeeming featu... brian palmu chris banks and the bonfires https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/11/ethereal-beauty-1.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #1 Ethereal beauty, as if an amour Could reap and sow, like a basilisk In God-giving banquets for the poor Who love in beseeching tears. Tsk! O... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2017/ Brian Palmu: 2017 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/11/blank-blanketed-ghost-for-what-yales.html Brian Palmu: A Blank-Blanketed Ghost For What Yales You Money, like power, flows here and there according to the dictates of a very peculiar mix of educational and social philosophies, poltical ev... brian palmu blank ghost https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/02/anti-anti-sonnet.html?showComment=1296745547936 Brian Palmu: Anti Anti-Sonnet I recently finished an interesting anti-sonnet rant by Chris Jennings in the latest issue of Arc . In a mode simultaneously defensive and of... brian palmu anti sonnet https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/10/fraser-sutherlands-matuschka-case.html Brian Palmu: Fraser Sutherland's "The Matuschka Case" After reading Fraser Sutherland's preface to these selected poems ("The Matuschka Case") wherein "the poems represent the core of my poetic ... brian palmu fraser sutherland matuschka case https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/11/raphael-dervishs-mosquito-coils.html Brian Palmu: Raphael Dervish's MOSQUITO COILS The 2006 release by U.S. press Hoboken On My Mind of Raphael Dervish's Mosquito Coils fell through the proverbial reviewing cracks, it seem... brian palmu raphael dervish mosquito coils https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/07/sharon-mccartneys-under-abdominal-wall.html Brian Palmu: Sharon McCartney's Under The Abdominal Wall This is fearless and direct. Though the subject matter -- family mortality -- is often harsh, even harrowing, readers who turn pages quickly... brian palmu under the sharon mccartney abdominal https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2012/01/ Brian Palmu: January 2012 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu january https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/12/ethereal-beauty-37.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #37 I drink my Nyquil from a Listerine cup; On shrunken peas and bacon fat I nightly sup. Over at the Legion, I had a kiwi fruit; The longshorem... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2019/02/ Brian Palmu: February 2019 Poetry, Fiction, and (occasionally) non-fiction reviews, every Friday. brian palmu february https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/10/exciting-new-blog.html Brian Palmu: Exciting New Blog Zach Wells has provided a selfless service for the poetic community with his new blog Poets and Microphones (side bar). Selecting only the u... brian palmu exciting new blog https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-times-they-are-changin_6.html Brian Palmu: The Times They Are A-Changin' No, it's not a post about Bobby Zimmerman, but another chestnut could be scattered by a hard wind a-blowin' through the volatile book biz. ... brian palmu the times they are https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2013/03/james-joyces-ulysses-1.html Brian Palmu: James Joyce's Ulysses #1 "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed." So begins James ... brian palmu james joyce ulysses https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/10/michel-houellebecqs-platform.html Brian Palmu: Michel Houellebecq's PLATFORM I've been reading some contemporary novels lately. Most of my fiction perusal has been limited to the "ancients" -- the 20th century and bef... brian palmu michel houellebecq platform https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/03/st-john-continued.html Brian Palmu: St. John Continued ST. JOHN (Chapter 6) 1) After running out of rhetorical steam, Jesus relaxed by anointing his head in a mixture of lime kool-aid and Hires' ... brian palmu st john continued https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/11/lyle-neff-heather-haley-reading-in_22.html Brian Palmu: Lyle Neff, Heather Haley Reading in Gibsons http://www.the-garage-fitness.com/lyle_heather.mp3 brian palmu lyle neff heather haley https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/12/ethereal-beauty-36.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #36 Core of pus, corpulent ego, tired corpuscles, I sit on my high stool and prop my muscles. I'm tired of versing, initiating tussles. Black-ga... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/02/negative-reviews-of-poetry.html Brian Palmu: "Negative" Reviews Of Poetry Thanks to Zach Wells for pointing out this interesting post by Jason Guriel, with its follow-up flow of response. http://donshare.blogspot.c... brian palmu negative reviews poetry https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/10/tomas-transtromer.html?showComment=1329146162093 Brian Palmu: Tomas Transtromer Good to see Tomas Transtromer finally get the nod for the Nobel. Also enjoyable to read some of the predictable reactions to a poet winning ... brian palmu tomas transtromer https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/01/robert-duncans-bending-bow.html?showComment=1235772600000 Brian Palmu: Robert Duncan's "Bending The Bow" Yah, it ain't new. First published in 1963, to be exact, but I've been putting off Duncan for decades because of my preset, prejudicial, ave... brian palmu robert duncan bending bow https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/11/peter-trower-heather-haley-lyle-neff.html Brian Palmu: Peter Trower, Heather Haley, Lyle Neff PETER TROWER'S "FAREWELL TO GIBSONS" POETRY READING Esteemed West Coast poet Peter Trower will make his last poetry reading in Gibsons, the... brian palmu peter trower heather haley https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/01/don-coles-forests-of-medieval-world.html Brian Palmu: Don Coles' FORESTS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD I'd previously wondered aloud what happens to a poet's work which is already nostalgic at a less-than-advanced age. 8-18 years after that de... brian palmu of the coles forests medieval https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/03/rachel-zolfs-human-resources.html Brian Palmu: Rachel Zolf's HUMAN RESOURCES Word Perfect 10364276 Machine 672 or no it's not how we function set down 42 once in a great while 998661294 sheer hosed 336 folding tents 5... brian palmu rachel human resources https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/01/robert-duncans-bending-bow.html?showComment=1260301873747 Brian Palmu: Robert Duncan's "Bending The Bow" Yah, it ain't new. First published in 1963, to be exact, but I've been putting off Duncan for decades because of my preset, prejudicial, ave... brian palmu robert duncan bending bow https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-ed-champions-review-of-ian-mcewans.html Brian Palmu: On Ed Champion's Review of Ian McEwan's Saturday http://januarymagazine.com/fiction/saturday.html I finished reading Saturday Sunday. That is, I finished Ian McEwan's post- Atonement novel... brian palmu ed champion https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/01/ethereal-beauty-65.html Brian Palmu: Ethereal Beauty #65 Vertiginous on carousels where dares are met, I dismount the painted unicorn, horn stroked for luck. Cross-eyed kin rummage In gunnysacks fo... brian palmu ethereal beauty https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2013/09/fulgurations-and-fenestrations-part-one.html Brian Palmu: Fulgurations and Fenestrations, Part One Stephen Henighan and the definition of reading I like Stephen Henighan. He's a pants kicker. In a country festooned with literary droopy d... brian palmu part one https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2011/05/joe-denhams-windstorm.html Brian Palmu: Joe Denham's Windstorm Windstorm , Sunshine Coaster Joe Denham's 2009 effort, is more ambitious than his first book, both organically and philosophically. I think ... brian palmu joe denham windstorm https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/01/does-this-need-further-comment.html?showComment=1262893865321 Brian Palmu: Does This Need Further Comment? From Ron Silliman's pen, today: "I can remember the days when newspapers had if not great writers, at least good ones with some clue as to s... brian palmu need comment https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2012/10/debate-and-switch-part-2.html Brian Palmu: Debate And Switch, Part 2 DEBATE AND SWITCH, PART 2 PLAYERS: BARRY OBUMMAH MITT BOMBNEY SANDY CROWFEET CROWFEET We've convened inside this converted New Y... brian palmu switch part debate https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/02/survey-says.html Brian Palmu: Survey Says .... I just read two unrelated survey tidbits regarding Finnish rankings within the European community: Finns rated #2 in aggregate happiness, bu... brian palmu survey says https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/08/from-stranger-than-fiction-file.html Brian Palmu: From The "Stranger Than Fiction" File From Del Mar turf correspondent Brad Free: "who would have thought that a horse named Richly Endowed would ever be gelded?" stranger than fiction brian palmu from the file https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/03/polluted-pantoum.html Brian Palmu: Polluted Pantoum POLLUTED PANTOUM My Love diddles with a garden hose, The Martians are spry and nimble, The neighbour inhales bug spray up his nose, Wolverin... brian palmu polluted pantoum https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/08/essays-on-faulkners-light-in-august.html Brian Palmu: Essays on Faulkner's "Light In August" I just finished reading a collection of critical essays on William Faulkner's Light In August . It's still my favourite novel. Some scattere... brian palmu essays on faulkner light august https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-new-testament-shenanigans.html Brian Palmu: More New Testament Shenanigans ST. JOHN (Chapter 3) 1) There was a man of the Cyclops invaders named Nickleremus, ruler of the Fools. 2) He came like multiple-hearted brie... brian palmu more new testament shenanigans https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/01/robert-duncans-bending-bow.html?showComment=1235932380000 Brian Palmu: Robert Duncan's "Bending The Bow" Yah, it ain't new. First published in 1963, to be exact, but I've been putting off Duncan for decades because of my preset, prejudicial, ave... brian palmu robert duncan bending bow https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/07/gary-geddes-falsework.html?showComment=1280046744058 Brian Palmu: Gary Geddes' Falsework Gary Geddes' seventeenth book of poetry, 2007's Falsework, operates in that curious mix of poetic construction and prose patchwork. The conc... brian palmu gary geddes falsework https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/07/gary-geddes-falsework.html?showComment=1281075857862 Brian Palmu: Gary Geddes' Falsework Gary Geddes' seventeenth book of poetry, 2007's Falsework, operates in that curious mix of poetic construction and prose patchwork. The conc... brian palmu gary geddes falsework https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/11/yann-martel-torch-bearer-for-literature.html?showComment=1258538037893 Brian Palmu: Yann Martel -- Torch Bearer for Literature [edit] I've just discovered Martel is more "humane" than I'd first surmised. The set-up was a book sent every other week. Math, below, alter... brian palmu yann martel torch bearer literature https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2008/09/from-letters-of-ted-hughes.html?showComment=1221678060000 Brian Palmu: From the "Letters of Ted Hughes" "[N]ot a few poets have toyed with the conviction that if they were given the chance, they could create a superior sort of liturgy -- more i... brian palmu from the letters ted hughes https://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2009/12/nature-poetry.html Brian Palmu: Nature Poetry Interesting post by Zach Wells http://zachariahwells.blogspot.com/2009/12/nature-poetry.html I have no problem with poets entering all kinds... brian palmu nature poetry