Category Archives: poetry
And the powerful play goes on
Today is the birthday of the great American poet Walt Whitman. Controversial from the moment he self-published Leaves of Grass, Whitman has been maligned as immoral, perverse, sacrilegious and decadent. But he is also praised as the poet of democracy, … Continue reading
Overcoming my “prejudice against poetry”
I had a wonderful meeting with the other two winners of the BPL all-night short story contest over the weekend. Karen Kachra, Jennifer Mook-Sang, and I met up at CJ’s Café in Bronte to get to know each other and … Continue reading
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Poetry as a symptom of insanity
This is from my Forgotten English word-of-the-day calendar: metromania: A species of insanity in which the patient evinces a rage for reciting poetry. From Greek metreon, metre, and mainomai, to be insane. —Rev. John Boag’s Imperial Lexicon of the English … Continue reading
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I bet he thinks these poems are about him
I thought I’d share two poems I wrote several years ago. Both poems were published in the Queen’s Feminist Review, Vol. 3, 1995, under my maiden name, Hypponen. I don’t think they exist anywhere electronically. Short Mulch your love lies … Continue reading
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