by Warren Gaston | Oct 15, 2019
If I could spend an afternoon with any 19th century American poet, it would be with the incomparable Emily Dickinson. I picture us sitting in her sunlit Amherst flower garden drinking tea. This woman in her white dress had a huge and hungry mind. I could learn so much...
by Warren Gaston | Oct 8, 2019
What are the similarities between the Hubble Space Telescope and a poem. The obvious answer is none. No similarities. One is a complex scientific instrument made of metal and silicon letting us see far into the cosmos. The other is a form of literature, made of...
by Warren Gaston | Oct 2, 2019
I love words. Long words. Short words. One syllable words are fine but so are multiple syllable words. Words carry meaning. ‘Cat’ represents – (re-presents – makes present again) a feline mammal. You can have ‘cat’ in a sentence without having a cat in the room. ...
by Warren Gaston | Sep 30, 2019
Three days after the creation of animals, and two weeks before the fall, at the primordial sundown meal they called supper, after playing with cats that had never been kittens and thinking up names for the owl and the dog, Eve and her man Adam played a fantasy game...
by Warren Gaston | Sep 27, 2019
In regard to subject matter, poets should limit themselves to everything.
