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Legions of the Sun—Now Available
The companion anthology to “War of Words” is now available.Read More
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Legions of the Sun
Good news! The companion anthology to “War of Words,” Legions of the Sun, has arrived just in time for you to purchase it at the event! The book includes all the poems performed in “War of Words” as well as poems about WWI but written later. The latter section includes work from the immediate post-war (Jeffers, Pound, Eliot, Cummings and more) along with poems about the war by more recent poets, ranging from Louise Bogan, Archibald MacLeish, and Yehuda Amichai to Thomas Lux, Nicholas Samaras, Robert Cooperman, and Kierstin Bridger.Read More
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Poetry Month 2016: Nicholas Samaras
Bless the Head of Gerald Stern A Maskil I call the Lord to bless his prophets, to remember their words and visions. I call the Lord to bless the head of Gerald Stern, to bless even the sparse and numbered hairs of his head, to keep him swinging into feisty age. Oh, bless Gerald Stern for all he gives. The Bible may have killed all its prophets, but not this one. You don’t touch this one. Lord, I call you to bless the head of Gerald Stern. Let him be.Read More
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Nicholas Samaras’s New Book should be on Your Radar…
I’m in the process of reading an advance copy of Nicholas Samaras’s new, very large collection of poems, and before I get a written commentary together about it, I want to recommend it. I know that seems back-asswards, but the fact is that Samaras is one of those poets who speaks with undeniable authority right out of the gate, and he addresses concerns that few others do.Read More
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The Poetry of Outsidership
I just discovered a site called Goodreads, and yesterday I posted this brief review there. I’ve expanded it somewhat and added a few links for this incarnation. Someone once pointed out that judges of the Yale Younger Poets competition are dependent on what comes across their desks. There are fat years and lean years. W. S. Merwin’s first year as judge was a lean one, evidently, since he could find no manuscript worth publishing. But last year was a fat one, if Fady Joudah‘s The Earth in the Attic (selected by Louise Glück) is any indication.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. 
