Tag: katabasis

  • Sneak preview of Poetry from the Underworld

    Sneak preview of Poetry from the Underworld

    A poem can call me into its little room, persuade me to pay attention to subjects I can’t bear to immerse myself in for hours or days.

  • Getting dirty for poetry

    Getting dirty for poetry

    Spring cleaning seems like an obvious metaphor for revision and assembling a poetry ms. It’s not unlike casting a hard look at the poems you’ve accumulated and clearing out the debris that clogs their pipes, whatever elements might interrupt their force for a reader: cliché, unproductive digression, wordy moments. I’ve done some beyond-the-ordinary cleaning this…