Category Archives: Essays

Reviews of Poets and other Articles in The Fortnightly Review

  Here is a link to Against Pound– a brief new essay in the Fortnightly. And here is an earlier review of several poets published back in November 2013 in The Fortnightly Review It featured four poets: Kathryn Maris, Jackie … Continue reading

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George Pitts and the Longer Line in Poetry

This page is a link to my essay on the longer line, and it is also a homage to the brilliant poet George Pitts, who died sadly in 2015. John Ashbery was a great admirer of George’s work and introduced … Continue reading

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The Prose Poem – What the hell is it?

My article on the Prose Poem is now published by the Fortnightly Review.  Here is the link: The Prose Poem – What the Hell is it? Also click this link for a review of Ian Seed. And click on Simon … Continue reading

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LINKS TO NEW POEMS, ESSAYS AND REVIEWS

(This post last updated 26 July 2024) Book 10 of The Runiad – an extract now in The Fortnightly Review Extracts from the RUNIAD in The High Window and in The Fortnightly Review Very pleased that my review of The Indian Jungle: Psychoanalysis … Continue reading

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The Mastery of the Suicide Bomber

My article on Suicide Bombers can be found here: The Fortnightly Review This essay, written in 2015, concerns the accurate perception that a drone killing is essentially a cowardly act, and will be perceived as such by supporters of its … Continue reading

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A PAEAN TO THE PIONEER OF THE MADRIGAL

Here is the link to my essay in the Fortnightly Review: A Paean to the Pioneer of the Madrigal

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Verse from the Desert Country

Very pleased that the Journal of Poetics Research has republished this essay, which first came out in PN Review: The link is here:   Verse from the Desert Country They have also published with it “The Age of the Street” – … Continue reading

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IN THE LAND OF THE CENTAURS

I just watched Mama Mia At the end of this post is a version from the short lyrics of the Greek anthology of Philodemus – whose poem I translated on the beach where Mama Mia was filmed. Watching the movie … Continue reading

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THE DEHUMANIZATION OF ART (1925) Jose Ortega y Gasset

This essay has been a major influence on my work and my thought.  I read it in my twenties, and still value it greatly.  Ortega has always been appreciated by US intellectuals, but is hardly ever cited by writers on art and … Continue reading

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THE USE OF POETRY – A Lecture by Basil Bunting

drawing of Basil Bunting by Erin O’Brien Back in 1985, I found this Lecture in Writing Magazine 12, published in Vancouver BC.  It made a big impression then and it still does – take on board his usage and turns … Continue reading

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