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Georg Trakl in Plato’s Republic

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Georg Trakl in Plato’s Republic

By Joe Weil

Poetry, like music, like dance, might be defined as the precision of ecstasy, and the ecstasy of precision, an ecstatic precision, and measured ecstasy.

May
15
2013
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Poetry, like music, like dance, might be defined as the precision of ecstasy, and the ecstasy of precision, an ecstatic precision, and measured ecstasy.

The Origins of My Reading Life

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

The Origins of My Reading Life

By Joe Weil

I pass the cemetery in Elizabeth where all the revolutionary war heroes have a mixer with the homeless. I am vast. A book is under my coat. The stars are out.

Mar
27
2013
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I pass the cemetery in Elizabeth where all the revolutionary war heroes have a mixer with the homeless. I am vast. A book is under my coat. The stars are out.

Lists and Parataxis: A primer for those who want it

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Lists and Parataxis: A primer for those who want it

By Joe Weil

Whitman has more listings than an anal retentive suburbanite.

Mar
20
2013
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Whitman has more listings than an anal retentive suburbanite.

TRICK VESSELS by Andre Bagoo

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TRICK VESSELS by Andre Bagoo

By Joe Weil

The poems of Trick Vessels are not the imposed order and false certainties of neo-conservatism, but an embracing of the power and force of night through the spell casting power of language–the magic that does not destroy uncertainty but which gives it value, and purpose.

Jan
24
2013
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The poems of Trick Vessels are not the imposed order and false certainties of neo-conservatism, but an embracing of the power and force of night through the spell casting power of language–the magic that does not destroy uncertainty but which gives it value, and purpose.

The Book of Knowledge

by Joe Weil The Other

The Book of Knowledge

By Joe Weil

So, thus far, I am both annoyed and delighted all at once, and I have a sneaking suspicion the poet would not mind that I be both annoyed (or irritated/agitated like a clam) and delighted all at once.

Jan
01
2013
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So, thus far, I am both annoyed and delighted all at once, and I have a sneaking suspicion the poet would not mind that I be both annoyed (or irritated/agitated like a clam) and delighted all at once.

A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

by Joe Weil The Other

A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

By Joe Weil

You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

Dec
19
2012
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You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

What Is This Thing Called Free Verse? (A primer for those who want it)

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

What Is This Thing Called Free Verse? (A primer for those who want it)

By Joe Weil

Poets want to get away with murder.

Dec
13
2012
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Poets want to get away with murder.

Notes and jottings for a work on the evolution of intuition and sensation in modernist / post-modernist poetry

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Notes and jottings for a work on the evolution of intuition and sensation in modernist / post-modernist poetry

By Joe Weil

No motion has she now, no force / she neither hears nor sees

Nov
28
2012
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No motion has she now, no force / she neither hears nor sees

Phronesis and Redux

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Phronesis and Redux

By Joe Weil

Whim as a form of virtue, constancy as grace.

Nov
07
2012
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Whim as a form of virtue, constancy as grace.

Contemplation on Mercy

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

Contemplation on Mercy

By Joe Weil

Mercy, unlike good manners or social nicety, can exist in hell.

Oct
31
2012
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Mercy, unlike good manners or social nicety, can exist in hell.

Freedom and The Arts

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

Freedom and The Arts

By Joe Weil

When I was young, I wanted to stain the world with my permanence which is why, I suppose I became a poet.

Oct
24
2012
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When I was young, I wanted to stain the world with my permanence which is why, I suppose I became a poet.

On a Flannel Shirt, Which I am Grateful for

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

On a Flannel Shirt, Which I am Grateful for

By Joe Weil

My dad dresses like Jack Kerouac–or, rather, Jack Kerouac, and Jackson Pollack, and all those guys dress like my dad: working clothes, work boots. The difference is my father doesn’t write novels. he works 12 hour days in a paper factory, comes home to throw the ball around with me, is sometimes so tired that he falls asleep eating supper at the kitchen table.

Oct
17
2012
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My dad dresses like Jack Kerouac–or, rather, Jack Kerouac, and Jackson Pollack, and all those guys dress like my dad: working clothes, work boots. The difference is my father doesn’t write novels. he works 12 hour days in a paper factory, comes home to throw the ball around with me, is sometimes so tired that he falls asleep eating supper at the kitchen table.

Poetry Monk

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

Poetry Monk

By Joe Weil

Sometimes I no longer desire to teach the way I have been teaching–not because I am ungrateful, but because I wish to do a fair day’s work.

Oct
03
2012
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Sometimes I no longer desire to teach the way I have been teaching–not because I am ungrateful, but because I wish to do a fair day’s work.

How I Stumbled Into Teaching In The Arts

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

How I Stumbled Into Teaching In The Arts

By Joe Weil

I can talk to kids all day. They interest me. They will never pretend to like you. For that I am forever grateful.

Sep
26
2012
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I can talk to kids all day. They interest me. They will never pretend to like you. For that I am forever grateful.

Learning from Arbitrary Grids

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Learning from Arbitrary Grids

By Joe Weil

We can enter a poem in an almost limitless number of ways–through its imagery, its social underpinnings, its meaning, its rhythms, its sentence structure, its line breaks.

Sep
19
2012
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We can enter a poem in an almost limitless number of ways–through its imagery, its social underpinnings, its meaning, its rhythms, its sentence structure, its line breaks.

Poetry Editing: A Rubric

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Poetry Editing: A Rubric

By Joe Weil

After writing a poem (never during or before the poem), ask yourself these questions.

Sep
13
2012
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After writing a poem (never during or before the poem), ask yourself these questions.

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