Monthly Archives: September 2020

Fine People Standing By

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

The eagle has landedher eggs out of rangeof a store pecked to deathwith Proud Boysstanding by The torch is outwords read back to frontno one whispers, no one listensin the howl windof dreamless flightlessnight Day is darkthe smear of searchlightwhites … Continue reading →

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Poem on the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

I built a machine of words.It did its job.It worked its greaseand when it became dryit was anybody’s businessto speak.Again.Today.Every time the first time.Every time different.It lived as long as it could.It hung on.Oh how it hung on!“Past its prime” … Continue reading →

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Rivers and Mountains – John Ashbery (1966)

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

Originally posted on 1960s: Days of Rage:
“Charles Bernstein just made an announcement about an exciting new project that just went live on the web: a ‘genetic’ critical edition of John Ashbery’s long poem ‘The Skaters’ created by Robin Seguy.…

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