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“Cats” [by James Cummins]
When Eliot wrote his thesis at Harvard,He said philosophers doing philosophy was “ridiculous”—That two thousand years of this insanity had gone onBecause they tried to explain existenceFrom the point-of-view of a platform outside it,Which…
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Ant and Clown (by Mitch Sisskind)
The Ant You could not call him the Ant to his faceAnd you would be dead if you made theMistake of calling him the Ant to his face.Or what if you called him the…
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Philip K. Dick [by Mitch Sisskind]
No telling what time it was As he woke in darkness with The sleeping cat’s warmth, A gift from God, on the back Of his neck and, weeping, He willed himself to perfect…
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Clare College, Cambridge, and John Berryman
Twice a day I crossed you. . . Among the Columbia College graduates who attended Clare College were John Berryman (left), Norman Podhoretz, Morris Dickstein, and David Shapiro. Much of Berryman's Love & Fame…
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Tuesday: A Day in the Life [by Mark Ford]
5.37. Awakened by squalling of youngest, aged three, who’s convinced it’s morning. Six hours sleep is plenty, isn’t it? 8.51-9.26. Battling through London traffic on my sturdy hybrid, without incident other than the usual…
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No Wrong Time To Write Right [by Alan Ziegler]
John Milton felt that early in the morning was the friendliest time for the Muses. He would have a stock of verses ready to dictate by the time…
