8 Comments for “Cleve-Land”

1. That’s massive all right. I wonder if she’s writing new poems as she drives from place to place. Because who could stand to hear themselves read the same poem fifty nights in a row?! I’d totally start heckling myself around day five.

   Posted By: Joel Brouwer on September 21, 2009 at 6:43 am
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   • I toured with her when she was promoting her last book; she continually writes & evolves. And she doesn’t do the same reading every night.

     Posted By: Janet on September 22, 2009 at 11:06 am
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2. I heard Greenstreet read one time, and although I thought her poems were very interesting I didn’t think she was very good as a reader. She read too shyly and quietly and it was heard to hear her. I have a copy of her book Case Sensitive though and I really like it. Looking forward to getting her new book soon.

   Posted By: Eric on September 21, 2009 at 7:18 am
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   • Well I guess to each his own, vis a vis reading styles, but I wonder if she’s evolved quite a bit as a reader since you heard her, as I would not say that she comes across as shy or quiet now. Rather introverted in the most extro manner I’ve ever seen.

     Posted By: Rebecca Wolff on September 21, 2009 at 8:53 am
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3. Wow, that is impressive.

   Posted By: Incognito on September 21, 2009 at 7:47 am
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4. Cleveland, forever haunted by the poetic genius and martyrdom of d.a. levy (1942-1968):

   i thought they were
   wind chimes
   in the streets at night

   with my young eyes
   i looked to the east
   and the distant ringing
   of ghost ponies
   rose from the ground

   Ponies Ponies Ponies

   (the young horse becomes
   a funny sounding
   word)

   i looked to the east
   seeking buddhas to
   justify those bells
   weeping in the darkness

   The Underground Horses
   are rising

   Cherokee, Delaware, Huron
   we will return your land to you

   the young horses
   will return your land to you

   to purify the land
   with their tears

   The Underground Horses
   are rising
   to tell their fathers

   “in the streets at night
   the bells of Cherokee ponies
   are weeping.”

   Posted By: John Oliver Simon on September 21, 2009 at 10:00 am
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5. Richard Howard was a Cleveland guy, right? And Franz Wright has got a book on Cleveland Poets Series. Is he Cleveland?

   Posted By: EricD on September 21, 2009 at 10:46 am
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6. Bill Knott comments on the “impressive” number of readings she gives:

   http://knottprosepo.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-is-impressive-httpwww.html

   Posted By: Tom Harr on September 21, 2009 at 11:56 am
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