La Louisiane

In mist on country roads from Maringouin I went to a meeting at Southern University in Baton Rouge, an interesting place I do not go often enough, and that is black and so gives relief from white fatigue. I had stopped on the way to get my yard sign that says JOHN BEL EDWARDS, GOVERNOR … More La Louisiane

Desk fantasies

Not that I can afford it, and not that I know where to put the bed it would displace, but here is a desk 28″ high. What do you think of it? Axé.

Flashback

This photograph, of my grandmother with the neighbor boys in the spring of 1955, in Arveyes, Switzerland (next to Villars-sur-Ollon). Axé.

On sound in poetry

I think most poets of a high calibre work in this way to some degree or other—typically hearing first lines of poems simply come into their head, sometimes even as heard voices, successively followed by a flow of words, lines, and passages that come as naturally as leaves to a tree, and are imbued with … More On sound in poetry

Dezembro

Today, unless I already have a reservation I prefer in San Luis, I must reserve this for December 20. December 19 I am in Santa Monica, and December 21 in Pescadero. I then need my place in San Rafael, perhaps, and places for the way back. In fact, I know where I want to stay: … More Dezembro

La lucha en situación y el militante triste

El neoliberalismo -digamos, la gestión empresarial de la vida- es una lógica global, pero que se dispersa en el infinito de las situaciones (por ejemplo, la escuela, la salud o la naturaleza son gestionadas como empresas). “El todo está en cada una de las partes”, diríamos filosóficamente. Uno no “encuentra” al neoliberalismo más que bajo … More La lucha en situación y el militante triste