Archive for April 22nd, 2003

Mark Strand’s The Late Hour

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2003
There seems to be a subtle shift in Mark Strand’s later poetry, as a touch of optimism has somehow crept into the poems. Perhaps the cause of this optimism is hinted at in the short poem, “The Coming of Light:” The Corning of Light Even this late it happens: the coming of love, the coming of light. You [...]

Keep the Flame Burning

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2003
As earlier promised, Jonathon Delacour has set up a Paypal Account to help keep Shelley Powers, Burningbird, on line. Hopefully like me you believe that the web would be a much less colorful place without Shelley Powers’ flaming red and yellow web page. Go to Jonathon’s site to contribute as I will do [...]