Monthly Archives: September 2012

The Last Ism

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Mark Kerstetter

I’ve been taking an online class through the University of Pennsylvania under the direction of Al Filreis (the voluble, passionate, brilliant, indefatigable Al Filreis) on modern and contemporary American poetry. Something he said in one of the instructional videos (along … Continue reading →

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Whitman and Me

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Mark Kerstetter

I do not press my fingers across my mouth -Walt Whitman, Song of Myself #24 In this reading of section 24 of Whitman’s Song of Myself, I found the lines: Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves … Continue reading →

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