Muse-Goddess June 30, 2009: For my last post as a Harriet blogger, I wanted to give a shout-out to what makes it work for me. I could say the earth, spirit, guidance, love, chi, or justice— (more...) by Annie Finch

The Fish, II (following a recent post by Camille Dungy) June 30, 2009: Gabriel Metsu – “Maid Broiling Fish”, mid 17th century, Flemish Gary Winogrand, one of America’s greatest street photographers, working in the tradition (or rather reworking the tradition) of Henri Cartier-Bresson, said that he was not interested in reality, per se, but what it looked like in a photograph. Camille’s passionate [...] by Martin Earl

A Post of Posts June 30, 2009: I have only one day left on Harriet (though they have asked we who are leaving to keep posting occasionally, and I will look forward to that). I’ve been rationing posts, but I’ve nearly run out. There were a lot gestating. One about food poetry. One about finishing (more...) by Annie Finch

End of the Road June 29, 2009: Just sent my last email blast. Why do we call it blast when unless everyone else has a great program that goes gush I am cutting and pasting little pods of names into rectangles and going blam blam blam more like pushing a lot of letters into a slot. When I peek at my incoming mail I see all those dead ones. Server no long has this address or [...] by Eileen Myles

Not finished yet June 29, 2009: [caption id="attachment_3877" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Harvey Milk Plaza, San Francisco, 6/28/09 (photo: C. Dungy)"][/caption] The street sweepers have passed, and the crowd control fences have been carried away.  Pride, for some, is over and done.  But for many, the persistent resistance that Pride weekend celebrates still [...] by Camille Dungy

The Kids and a request June 28, 2009: My posts will pretty much be about the collection of silence till Tuesday. We started off with a hope for forty kids from PS 4 & The Poetry Club but it was maybe thirty or high twenties originally. I’m not used to being around that many kids but the energy was totally infectious in the Burroughs sense. It was their language, but ALL of it. [...] by Eileen Myles

A Toast for the Fathers June 27, 2009: Roy Finch at Sarah Lawrence College, mid 1960's Father's day came and went, and I've been wanting to say something about my dad, and all my poetic fathers, (more...) by Annie Finch

Four Ears: the Curse of the Metrical Code June 27, 2009: Last year I happened to be sitting next to the young poet Jericho Brown at a reading in Los Angeles. Jericho noticed me counting on my fingers and scribbling down some marks on a piece of paper. He nearly leaped out of his seat (more...) by Annie Finch

GENDER HIKE June 26, 2009: Actually I did drag the Yang Fudong concept mixed in with Gary Snyder’s Mountains and Rivers without End and some Judith Butler (not a lot – maybe just the concept) into my workshop this week at Naropa. I invited poets who wanted to hike in the Rockies and write poetry and think about gender to take part in this weeklong event. We went up [...] by Eileen Myles

The Man in the Mirror June 26, 2009: As we all know by now, Michael Jackson--who apparently was reading Tagore poems in his last days--is dead. It is sad and strange, and though it feels a little odd, I wanted to put up a sort of Harriet "open thread" about it here just in case anyone wants to vent over the weekend.  Myself, I've felt mostly numb about the whole thing, mainly, I [...] by Travis Nichols