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This time a year ago,

I was sitting in a NYC bar with Philip F. Clark waiting for a reading of some sort, writing down possible journal names. Wondered if The Night Heron Barks would get us laughed out of the room.

Posted byRogan KellyDecember 19, 2020Posted inblog, Uncategorized2 Comments on This time a year ago,

Only the poets

I woke early this morning to the news that a certain Republican senator had tweeted last night his intention to vote against witnesses in the impeachment trial. Trying to push down a sense of anger and dismay, I returned to Lisa Rosenberg’s poem which I first read yesterday.

Posted byRogan KellyJanuary 31, 2020December 21, 2020Posted inblog, present poem, UncategorizedTags:dignity, impeachment, Lisa Rosenberg, publishing credit, sky falling1 Comment on Only the poets

I will tell you

after the left hook of Gustavo Hernandez’ poem title hits you, the right cross of his dedication leaves its mark. You tap play to hear the sure tenor of him read Across the Southwest our Mothers were Sidelined and note that his voice is not angry.

Posted byRogan KellyJanuary 27, 2020January 31, 2020Posted inblog, present poemTags:children at the border, Gustavo Hernandez, poetryLeave a comment on I will tell you

Reflection on present light

In my own work, I am sometimes still crossed up between two tellings or the sense I didn’t say everything I wanted to say.

Posted byRogan KellyJanuary 17, 2020January 27, 2020Posted inblog, new year, present poemTags:Gregory Crosby, light, poem, poetry, present tenseLeave a comment on Reflection on present light

The Timely Poem

One of the things that I spoke out loud about two weeks ago was the idea that we would make space for work that needs to be heard now. Carole Bromley has written a poem with quiet heartbreak in it. It made me think about foregrounds and backgrounds. How if we whisper about what isContinue reading “The Timely Poem”

Posted byRogan KellyJanuary 9, 2020January 9, 2020Posted inblog, UncategorizedTags:Australia, Carole Bromley, compassion, poem, poetry1 Comment on The Timely Poem

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