Tag Archives: Rimbaud

TWELVE: THE ROSE IS OBSOLETE (pages 26-32)

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Mark Kerstetter

We now turn from these rather uneasy pages to, in my view, some of the best prose pages and one of the best poems in the entire book. The prose that follows poem VI (page 26) elucidates the poem, marking … Continue reading →

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Rimbaud and de Kooning

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Mark Kerstetter

Arriving from always, you’ll go away everywhere. —Rimbaud We are modern. We are so because Rimbaud commanded us to be. —Ashbery It is one of those curious accidents (but are they really accidents?) that I have resumed my de Kooning … Continue reading →

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Writing ‘Down Impassive Rivers I Tried Each Thing’

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Mark Kerstetter

The poem came about through my interest in a single word: packet. About a week ago I discovered one of my favorite writers—Michael Brodsky—has been writing a blog going by the description “thought packets”. I tried to explain the thrill … Continue reading →

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Down Impassive Rivers I Tried Each Thing

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Mark Kerstetter

As one packed when into the boat by whom is not a set of coordinates on the recovery map you’ll need a good strong cup of coffee for this as termites tunnel the elephant hull chewing into the edges of … Continue reading →

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