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Friday Notebook 04.22.2011
“Recently I have been contemplating and speaking about the relationship between truth and fact.” —Kwame Dawes at Harriet Mr. Dawes’s post got me to thinking about truth and fact, mainly because I think he misses the point. Facts and truths, it seems to me, are in no way opposed to one another. Facts, I think, are like notes, and truth is like music: it’s the relationship between different notes that make music, and it’s the relationship between different facts that make truths. Music is a species of truth, poetry is another species of it, fiction another, and so on.Read More
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My Fourth Article in “The Poem’s Force” Series
My latest Poem’s Force article has just gone up on Suite 101. You’ll find a link to it on the right hand side of the blog page.Read More
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Another New Article in My Series on “The Poem’s Force”
Encouraged by Annie Wyndham’s enthusiasm for my last Poem’s Force article (see my previous post), I finished a new one that had been in slow progress for quite awhile. It deals with the effect of syllabic density on poetic rhythm. You’ll find a link to it on the right hand side of the blog page.Read More
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Real Work
I just want to acknowledge Annie Wyndham for her kind and generous response to my Suite 101 article on the use and abuse of metaphors. Her AmeriQuebeckian “jottings” are always a pleasure to read, and I’m glad she found something of value in what I had to say. I sometimes wonder if these articles (and these blog entries) are worth writing–that is, if what I have to say is worth writing down. It’s good to know that my effort to be of use is occasionally … well … useful.Read More
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New Article Posted on Suite 101
Suite 101 just published the second article in my series on writing poetry. It’s called “The Poem’s Force: Metaphors.” A link to it appears on the right hand side of this page, along with links to my previous articles.Read More
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My First Article in “The Poem’s Force” Series
Suite 101 just published the first of a series of articles on different aspects of writing poetry. It’s called “The Poem’s Force: Images.” A link to it appears on the right hand side of this page, along with links to my previous articles.Read More
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Another “Best of” List
Suite 101 just published my new article, “Seven Best Online Magazines.” Give it a look and let me know what you think. And don’t forget to click on the associated ads! Each click earns me a cent or two….Read More
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Golden (?) Oldie
This essay appeared 20 years ago in a collection of essays and poems called Tracks in the Snow: Essays by Colorado Poets, edited by the tireless Ray Gonzalez for his Mesilla Press imprint (now defunct, I believe). I’ve made a few small edits and links, but am offering it up mostly as was, in the brooding mood that confronting passed time always inspires in me. POETIC JUSTICE Sitting Down to Write As I sat down this morning to write, the sun outside my office window was low, corpulent, dyed an eerie orange by smoke blown down from fires in Wyoming.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
