by Warren Gaston | May 2, 2018
To the criminals who taught poetry in my high school and think they got away with murder, we know who you are. We have no DNA evidence. But we have photographic evidence of you at the crime scene, my high school yearbooks from 1957 to 1961. Don’t try deny it. You’re...
by Warren Gaston | Apr 4, 2018
I Refuse (posted 4/3/18) What exactly is the reason for your refusal? Why not join the main game? Everyone is winning. To be a winner, what do you have to lose? Maybe you’ll be lucky. ...
by Warren Gaston | Dec 26, 2017
“How can we continue to be at once astonished at the world and yet at home in it? How can this queer cosmic town give us at once the fascination of a strange town and the comfort and honor of being our own town?” G. K. Chesterton In the above quote, the Christian...
by Warren Gaston | Nov 11, 2017
“It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced the undefinable menace of total rationalism.” Czeslaw Milosz People do not appreciate modern poetry when they labor under the illusion that life is logical. Just say what you mean, they say to the...
by Warren Gaston | Oct 1, 2017
The poem: ‘God Is a Wolf” was posted on September 20, 2017 We approach a poem like a detective approaches a crime scene, looking for clues. Discovery is in the details. The clues are found in the very carefully chosen words the poet offers. The words...
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...
