by Warren Gaston | Jul 2, 2017
The first talker, exhausted from overactive verbs, desperate for inertia, invented nouns.
by Warren Gaston | Jun 26, 2017
To a god who wants nothing in return, I would give my all. A deity demanding more, I would give less. Less being more, in this way I maintain the balance of power between us and give god the experience of surprise....
by Warren Gaston | Jun 23, 2017
poiesis (poiesis – Gk. ‘to make’) The poetic life is not writing poems about life. It can include writing poems, but it is bigger than that. Allow me to be metaphorical. The world has been dropped. The poet picks up the fragments, holds the jagged...
by Warren Gaston | Jun 18, 2017
“The poem must resist the intelligence Almost successfully.” Wallace Stevens Man Carrying Things As soon as a reader is convinced he or she knows what the poem is ‘about’ he or she should stop reading. The poem will add nothing fresh to the reader’s life. The poem...
by Warren Gaston | Jun 12, 2017
Art is not something to look at. Art is the act of seeing. Art is not something to look at. Art is a lesson on seeing. Art is not something to look at. Art breaks the looking glass so we can see past our reflection in the mirror....
