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The Authorities…
This captures the uncomfortable feeling I get every time I see Mitt Romney open his puppet mouth. “Do you know Schwarzer?” asked K. “No,” replied the Mayor. “Perhaps you know him, Mizzi? You don’t know him either? No, we don’t know him.” “That’s strange,” said K.; “he’s a son of one of the under-castellans.” “My dear Land-Surveyor,” replied the Mayor, “how on earth should I know all the sons of all the under-castellans?” “Right,” said K.; “then you’ll just have to take my word that he is one.Read More
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American Society: What Poets See
I’m happy to say that I have three poems in a new anthology from FutureCycle Press called American Society: What Poets See. It’s cleverly put together: Poets appear alphabetically with all their poems together; but a secondary table of contents groups poems by theme, and using it yields the heady experience of hopscotching through the collection. (I can’t wield that word without a nod to the great Julio Cortázar, whose Hopscotch broke this structural ground in 1963.) Here are the groups the editors, David Chorlton and Robert S.Read More
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Thanks for the Memories…
This image is a mashup of two others taken from two sites peddling tee shirts:Party Crasher Tee Shirts and The Liberal Store.Read More
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Fast and Loose
Which weasel has a long record of playing fast and loosewith his tax obligations?Read More
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Truth Challenged
I have several friends of the Republican persuasion who think Obama’s a big fat liar. If I point out Romney’s truth-challenged statements, they make excuses or—if really pressed—retreat into the “all politicians lie” position. (The latter is inarguable, of course, but only because research shows that everyone lies.) So I thought it might be worth putting Romney’s and Obama’s latest PolitiFact ratings (as of July 7, 2012) side by side. With all its bells and whistles, PolitiFact’s Web site mysteriously doesn’t seem to allow such a comparison.Read More
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Martin Earl on Günter Grass … and More!
Martin Earl Apropos of my earlier post on the controversial poem “What Must Be Said,” by Günter Grass, I want to direct all Birders to Martin Earl’s lucid Harriet post on the subject. It’s well worth pondering…. It’s also worth wondering why, with the single exception of Earl’s fine post, America’s most well-funded poetry-promotion engine, The Poetry Foundation, has managed to remain utterly silent on what is currently the world’s most famous contemporary poem.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. 
