Tag Archives: Frank O’Hara

The Life of Poetry: Reading Kenneth Fearing

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Mark Kerstetter

How much time should you spend on one book? The answer depends on the book, of course, what that book means to you and what you are getting (and hoping to continue to get) out of it. For one person … Continue reading →

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Gombrowicz on Limits

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

Painting is one great resignation from what cannot be painted. It is a cry: I would like to do more, but I cannot. This cry is oppressive.—Witold Gombrowicz, Diary, Volume Two, p 49 “I would like to do more, but … Continue reading →

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Falling in love with a poem

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

Have you ever? And without being sure why (and half wishing not to know why)? I’m falling in love with a Frank O’Hara poem, untitled (unless you consider “Poem” a title), written circa 1950 when the poet was in his … Continue reading →

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Monday with Pessoa (and Marianne Moore)

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Mark Kerstetter

This will be chatty, really an announcement of sorts. There’s a new Disquiet in town.

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