Archive for the ‘John Elsberg’ Category
Entry 1560 — Just a Haiku
Friday, September 5th, 2014
It’s by John Elsberg & Erik Greinke–the last haiku of a 6-haiku sequence called “Basho’s Sandals” from Catching the Light (2009, Cervena Barva Press), a collection of 12 such sequences:
moonlight on half the pond I don't know the splash beyond
Really nice extension of Basho’s old pond poem. A minor but perfect touch is “moonlight” all by itself to begin. Major is the huge light/dark, known/unknown dichotomy after that. I’d have this in any best poetry of 2009 anthology.
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Entry 39 — 3 by Endwar
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
They’re from #674.
Communist Evolution
NoNo
Transgender
#673 had two poems by John Elsbergs from his Runaway Spoon Press book, Broken Poems for Evita. One was this:
RAISING EVA (Or, the myth of art and politics) L EVITA tio nis th EPRE fer RED al TERN at ivefor thosewhona t UR ALLY S inK
And that’s it for this entry. (Am I feeling more worn out than ever for no reason? Yes.)