Poetically I am poetry on The Congo. The latter not being a transactional topic borne within wake that establishes trends. The Congo remains the principle power of planetary economy always leaping the frenzy of ideological divides. What I understand to be the Eastern and Western markets remain subsumed under what I consider to be a phase of panoramic exploitation. These scars rise from the ghost that was Leopold to the compound complexification that is Xi Jingping. In particular, the former complex colonial powers continue psycho-physically mapping its wayward descent into purposeful mayhem forcefully extracting the Congo's concentrated energy making it quake in the midst of its own foundation.
Will Alexander on "The Congo" |
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New Chancellors for the Academy of American Poets
"'All that we publish, program and promote at the Academy of American Poets is fueled by the collective wisdom, imagination and expertise of our Chancellors,' said Tess O’Dwyer, Chair of the Board. 'It’s exhilarating to congratulate poets extraordinaire Kimiko Hahn, Ilya Kaminsky, Ed Roberson and Patricia Smith.'"
via PRINCETON UNIVERSITY |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Olivia E. Sears on Ardengo Soffici's "Rainbow"
"It was striking to me that Soffici wrote this poem full of beauty and tenderness, while he was (simultaneously) preparing for war....Soffici had written years before about existential dread and about his efforts to combat the void: 'Art for me is the only way to escape the concept of nothingness that otherwise haunts and terrifies me.' In these poems, he filled that void with color, shape, sound, and alchemical transformation." |
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June 2 to 8, 2023
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