One thing poetry can do is grab our sunken (that is to say, sublimated or denied) preconceptions, bubble them to the surface, and pop them so close our eyes, it stings. It can be excruciating or refreshing to change direction–sometimes …
Tag Archives: Fall 2015
Perceptual Bubbles
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Fall 2015, Leslie L. Nielsen, letter from editor
Poetry and the Music of What Matters
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Bruce Bond, essay, Fall 2015, music
Bruce Bond Before I knew that love would end my willful ignorance of death, I didn’t think there was much left in me that was virgin, but there was. That’s why all good music is sad. It makes the wound …
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand (Plato) –or– How I Lost Faith In Poet(s)ry
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Bobbi Lurie, essay, Fall 2015
Bobbi Lurie Several years ago, I opened an email which came from a poet promoting her book “for women with cancer.” It felt like a miracle. The cancer she described sounded similar to the type of cancer my closest friend …
Review: Becoming the Sound of Bees by Marc Vincenz
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Ampersand Books, Fall 2015, Marc Vincenz, Matt Hill, review
Matt Hill Becoming the Sound of Bees Marc Vincenz Ampersand Books Paperback, Perfect Bound, 112 pages ISBN: 978-09861370-0-6 http://ampersand-books.com/product/becoming-the-sound-of-bees/ we listened for the sound of bees & hearing nothing but the wind boxing the panes we began to hum …
One Day
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: essay, Fall 2015, Joel Solonche
Joel Solonche One day a poet opens his mouth and nothing comes out. This is the first time this has happened to him. He feels the words stuck in the back of his throat. He feels them tickle and …
Dead Pet Poems: Andrew Hudgins and the Dangers of the Sentimental
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Andrew Hudgins, essay, Fall 2015, Sarah Freligh
Sarah Freligh PQ Contributing Editor The first poems I wrote were about my cats, a pair of crabby old ladies who died within months of each other at the venerable age of eighteen. I was operating on Hemingway’s dictum to …
A Fantastic American Swagger: Interview with Sam Pereira
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Fall 2015, interview, Millicent Borges Accardi, Sam Pereira
Millicent Bórges Accardi Darkness remains mysterious. Light is wonderful, but you only get there through darkness first. It is the very nature of why I write. Un-assuming and often under the radar, the poetry of Sam Pereira has been hailed …
Review: Drawing Down the Moon by Allison Creighton
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Allison Creighton, Fall 2015, review, Shauna Osborn, Turning Point Books
Shauna Osborn PQ Contributing Editor Drawing Down the Moon Allison Creighton Turning Point Books, 2015 84 pages ISBN: 9781625491312 http://www.turningpointbooks.com/creighton.html Typically when one sees the phrase “drawing down the moon,” it is involved in discussions of magical spells, pagan rituals, …
Review: if you turn around I will turn around by Ben Clark
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Ben Clark, Fall 2015, Jacob Victorine, review, Thoughtcrime Press
Jacob Victorine if you turn around I will turn around Ben Clark Thoughtcrime Press Paperback perfect bound, 64 pages ISBN-13: 978-0-9887167-1-1 http://thoughtcrimepress.com/?portfolio=if-you-turn-around-i-will-turn-around-by-ben-clark-2015 In if you turn around I will …
Strong Ties | A Short Interview with Hannah Gamble
Posted in November 18, 2015
Tags: Fall 2015, Hannah Baggott, Hannah Gamble, interview
Hannah Baggott In January of 2013, I had the pleasure of meeting poet Hannah Gamble at Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN, for a reading of her collection Your Invitation to a Modest Breakfast. She signed my copy of her book, …