by Jordan Dotson | Sep 28, 2016 | Predicates and commas and whatnot, Things I wish I'd written
Nothing’s as far away as love is, not even the new stars, Though something is moving them We hope in our direction, albeit their skin’s not on fire. …from “L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle,” in Charles Wright’s... by Jordan Dotson | Jul 13, 2016 | Predicates and commas and whatnot, Things I wish I'd written
Today is one of those days One swears is a prophesy: The air explicit and moist, As though filled with unanswered prayers; The twilight, starting to slide Its sooty fingers along the trees …from “Homage to Ezra Pound,” by Charles Wright, first... by Jordan Dotson | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Charles Wright is a master of the meditative, image-driven lyric,” Librarian of Congress James Billington said in an announcement Thursday. “For almost 50 years his poems have reckoned with what he calls ‘language, landscape, and the idea of... by Jordan Dotson | Nov 18, 2011 | Things I wish I'd written
After Reading Tu Fu, I Go Outside to the Dwarf Orchard East of me, west of me, full summer. How deeper than elsewhere the dusk is in your own yard. Birds fly back and forth across the lawn looking for home As night drifts up like a little boat. Day after day, I become... by Jordan Dotson | Jan 17, 2011 | Things I wish I'd written
Spider Crystal Ascension The spider, juiced crystal and Milky Way, drifts on his web through the night sky And looks down, waiting for us to ascend … At dawn he is still there, invisible, short of breath, mending his net. All morning we look for the white face...