by Warren Gaston | Aug 4, 2015
“The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.” Czeslaw Milosz Ars Poetica Poets favor complexity. Even apparently simple...
by Warren Gaston | Aug 3, 2015
Silence takes place in the space between sounds. Without silence, sound would be invisible. When you have nothing to say, wait with calm intensity – words will appear, giving sound to unspeakable silence. It takes a lot of silence to make a poem. Poetry is what...
by Warren Gaston | Jul 24, 2015
Since my house burned down I now have a better view of the rising moon. Mizuta Masahide A poem is a storm. Lightning strikes. Thunder booms. Wind shakes the house, rattles the windows, blows shingles off the roof. Storm damage may require a response to the...
by Warren Gaston | Jul 14, 2015
Poets don’t need much. As long as they’ve got the world and know how to pay attention to the world’s rich details, they’ve got everything they need. The same is true for everybody else.
by Warren Gaston | Jul 9, 2015
[This website is about poetry. This blog piece isn’t. But I am posting it anyway. It is part of my story and it is relevant to the day, July 9, 2015] These days, with South Carolina on the national mind, I write to celebrate my Carolingian ancestors, Margaret and...
by Warren Gaston | Jul 4, 2015
On this day we celebrate liberty, not as a good idea, but as a way of life. A radical document was signed at the in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence was actually ratified by the Continental Congress on July 2 but tweaked into its final...
