Metaxy, Friendship, and an Ode by Horace
The metaxy is a “metaphysical” concept of how we live consciously in the world. It is often called “the between.” One may study it in the pages of Eric Voegelin, … Continue reading
“A more severe, more harassing master”: A Comment on Stevens
My more patient reading of Stevens, driven by the hope I can read him on his terms as opposed to the countless arguments of commentators, is bearing fruit. My reading … Continue reading
Buson’s Chisel Splendid in the Tao
Here’s a haiku by Buson (1716-1783) by W. S. Merwin and Takako Lento from Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson (Copper Canyon Press 2113), p 102: A stonemason cools his chisel … Continue reading
Aphorism: Yes, Horace
Yes, Horace: poets who think their minds represent reality are like poisoned grizzly bears loose in the forum.
Elizabeth Bishop on Joseph Cornel’s “cages for infinity”
A whole poem? Yes: faithful to the ambiguities of the everyday and to the forms of otherness that light them up. Elizabeth Bishop, “Objects & Apparitions: for Joseph Cornell.” Monuments … Continue reading
Poetic Investigations 