We do our best to be hospitable to poets passing through Buffalo. But we can’t stop the house next to us from catching on fire. Which is a not uncommon occurrence in certain neighborhoods in Buffalo. Old houses, old wires, a few generations of downwardly mobile inhabitants in an emptying neighborhood, deferred maintenance, newer power-sucking appliances, fire.
Abonado asked me about how to make poetry and politics play with each other. My thoughts in this area are very much evolving. Here’s a slice of it:
JH: “I think the art of a poem is being on time, right?
B>O<O>K<S####RE/Ad+_+_+++___++___&(*&)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Okay, behind. Let’s go. building a Buffalo community around poetry, R.D. Pohl in conversation with Edric Mesmer (edition of 99). Another installation of Mesmer’s prolific poet’s history of Buffalo, this time with the longtime literary journalist and curator R.D. Pohl. Fascinating insights into major… Read More
JOE HALL 