What a weekend! Birthday party for our youngest daughter (she'll be 12 tomorrow) and two of her friends sleeping over, along with a friend of our 14-year-old daughter, and an unexpected but long-awaited visit from poet and novelist Robert Allen. Rob left me a copy of his latest book of poems, Ricky Ricardo Suites, and of the Summer 2003 Matrix, which he edits. I haven't had the chance yet to more than skim either—we had about 6 years of catching up to do—but Matrix has a couple of poems by Eileen Tabios. I never did thank Eileen for the copies she sent me of her excellent book of prose poems, Reproductions of the Empty Flagpole, and of 100 More Jokes from the Book of the Dead, printed by her Meritage Press. Thank you.
I also received the latest Hudson Review, also yet-unread, but with new poems from Diane Thiel and from Eratosphere's Timothy Murphy and Anthony Lombardy, just to mention those familiar to me. So lots new to read, and tomorrow what I promised for last Saturday: some poems I like.
BTW, Gabriel Gudding has a good post today about the "defense of poetry."
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