Continue Reading Loud and Clear. Contrary to what I used to be taught, namely that nuns were tucked away in nunneries, never to be seen or heard…
Continue Reading Beyond Steeples Churches will be on display this week. Whatever complex – and complicated – relationship I have with organized religion of any kind,…
Continue Reading On the Term of Exile Our last poet in this week’s line-up really needs no introduction. We, however, need a reminder what we as host country did…
Continue Reading Speaking her Words I have always felt an affinity to the poetry of Rose Ausländer (her last name means foreigner in German) as well as…
Continue Reading No-Man’s-Land Her name is often spoken in the same breath as these others who are considered among the most brilliant German lyricist of…
Continue Reading Clouds as Guarantors Yesterday I introduced an Eastern European poet writing about exile who was not very well known. As a permanently poor refugee she…
Continue Reading Nowhereland Last week I found myself averting my eyes every time I came across images or words on the carnage in Syria. I…
Continue Reading It’s a Distortion. Objects reflected in water are one of the most (over)photographed subjects I can think of. What makes some of those images interesting…
Continue Reading It’s a Cryptogram. The last few days have brought snow to the Portland area and I could not help but be reminded of lace and…
Continue Reading It’s a Riddle I, for the life of me, cannot figure out how a sculptor can see a piece of wood and carve out her/his…
