Monday, January 14, 2008
Notable Journal Poems: Literary Review, Spring 2005
I pick the poems I like out of The Literary Review Spring 2005 issue. Ground rules, in case you haven't seen these posts before: poems I definitely would want to publish are in bold, poets with whom I have a previous connection are in italics so you know (some of) my biases.
"Ariel Unbound," Mary Alexandra Agner
"Inner War," Lightsey Darst
"Hideout," Chris Hosea
"Give, Get, and the Prefix For That Changes Everything," Kevin King
"Music Left by Another," George Looney
"Early Spanish Lyrics (Translations)," D. Nurkse
"Pas De L'Incise," D. Nurkse
"Cigarette Girl," Chad Parmenter
"Pilgrim's Progress," Charles Wright
Total Poems: 22
Poems I Liked More Than Not: 9 (40.9%, very good though a small sample size)
Poem I Definitely Would Have Published: 3 (13.6%, also good, and the Darst poem was very close to that level for me too)
"Ariel Unbound," Mary Alexandra Agner
"Inner War," Lightsey Darst
"Hideout," Chris Hosea
"Give, Get, and the Prefix For That Changes Everything," Kevin King
"Music Left by Another," George Looney
"Early Spanish Lyrics (Translations)," D. Nurkse
"Pas De L'Incise," D. Nurkse
"Cigarette Girl," Chad Parmenter
"Pilgrim's Progress," Charles Wright
Total Poems: 22
Poems I Liked More Than Not: 9 (40.9%, very good though a small sample size)
Poem I Definitely Would Have Published: 3 (13.6%, also good, and the Darst poem was very close to that level for me too)
