Tag Archives: Poetry

A Night of Art and Poetry–Double Delight

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Grace Curtis
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Reveling in poet, Carl Adamshick’s poems

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Grace Curtis

I’ve just reread, again, Carl Adamshick‘s debut collection, Curses and Wishes (Louisiana State University Press). I can’t get enough of his surprising, elegant, streamlined poems. Listen to Carl read his poems –

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To the Christmas Tree

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Grace Curtis

  Bathed in the act of forgetting still upright light endowed upright on crutches drinking only what I give it giving all that it can a few winks now and then ball-catcher. What other relic withstands this kind of stand-up … Continue reading →

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All Poetry is Local…

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Grace Curtis

Well, not really. That’s something that is true of politics according to former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. Actually poetry is international, universal, or possibly even galactic. I just used it as a title for this post because I … Continue reading →

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We lost the tungsten stream through fracturing birch limbs as we scouted by road. And (now is the time and place to admit it) we were wrong. Wrong in the way a cat miscounts or a fish is fooled by … Continue reading →

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Grace Curtis | 13 Comments

Weeding as a Source of Poetic Inspiration

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Grace Curtis

I am pleased to have my poem, Weeding, currently featured in Repeat Poetry. It originally ran in Waccamaw Literary Journal. I like what Repeat Poetry does, which is to breathe new life to previously published work. It’s a site well worth following. The … Continue reading →

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Fed by Birds in Winter

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Grace Curtis

          Caught on a stoop rail is a bundle-gift of seeds and leaves hand-woven into a grass basket by birds, a thank you, I think, for years of lugging seed to the feeders—millet, black-oil, sunflower, nyjer, … Continue reading →

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On Being a First Reader for The Antioch Review: An Interview with Poet, Benjamin S. Grossberg

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Grace Curtis

As assistant poetry editor for The Antioch Review, is it the job of Poet Benjamin S. Grossberg, along with another first reader, Melissa Berton, to read the poetry submitted to the journal. They advise poetry editor, Judith Hall, on poems for potential … Continue reading →

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The Villanelle–A Poem Video

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Grace Curtis

In preparation for the upcoming Midwest Writer’s Workshop, at which I will be privileged to get to work with poet, Kathleen Rooney, I was assigned an article to read on the villanelle form that we will be discussing. I’ve attempted villanelles before with … Continue reading →

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Poetry-Speak — The Re-Launch of Poet’s Quarterly

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Grace Curtis

My essay, The Inexplicable Math of Good Poetry, in which I discusses the language used to describe poetry, is available in the most recent issue of Poet’s Quarterly.  Poet’s Quarterly is an online journal that publishes reviews, interviews and essays. … Continue reading →

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