Joe Weil

Interview with Joe Weil [AUDIO]

Interview with Joe Weil [AUDIO]

By Nicholas Wilsey

The Eggshell Parade brings you an interview with poet Joe Weil.

May

2013

The Eggshell Parade brings you an interview with poet Joe Weil.

TRICK VESSELS by Andre Bagoo

by Joe Weil Reviews & Interviews

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

2013

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

2013

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

2012

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

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

2012

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

A Catholic Poet, Part II: Reversal of Values

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

A Catholic Poet, Part II: Reversal of Values

By Joe Weil

The world, while God-created (parent), God redeemed (child), and God haunted/inspired (Holy Spirit), is certainly not God oriented: it is motley, hidden away from God behind a thousand conflicting tropes of willfulness and streben.

Aug

2012

The Ruined American Male: Robert Creeley

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

The Ruined American Male: Robert Creeley

By Joe Weil

A sort of mystical reticence which, to tin ears, seems non-existent, but is the gobbled and cobbled and ruined talk of the American male.

Aug

2012

A sort of mystical reticence which, to tin ears, seems non-existent, but is the gobbled and cobbled and ruined talk of the American male.

All Around Meaning

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

All Around Meaning

By Joe Weil

Idiots wait on both sides of the fence.

Aug

2012

Idiots wait on both sides of the fence.

Reading a Tony Hoagland Poem: Inattention and Power

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Reading a Tony Hoagland Poem: Inattention and Power

By Joe Weil

We could learn much about Hoagland by seeing what he does not include, and what he does not pay attention to.

Jun

2012

We could learn much about Hoagland by seeing what he does not include, and what he does not pay attention to.

On the way of Arete and Xenia

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

On the way of Arete and Xenia

By Joe Weil

Every warrior culture carries Arete and Xenia at its core. To lose contact with either and to seek no balance is the way of self destruction.

Jun

2012

Every warrior culture carries Arete and Xenia at its core. To lose contact with either and to seek no balance is the way of self destruction.

Redux: A Manifesto

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

Redux: A Manifesto

By Joe Weil

To be Redux is to believe in the mythos of return within the scope of the materials at hand.

Jun

2012

To be Redux is to believe in the mythos of return within the scope of the materials at hand.

Neighborhood post-industrial as opposed to professional aesthetics

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

Neighborhood post-industrial as opposed to professional aesthetics

By Joe Weil

Neighborhood aesthetics, especially in that industrial/post-industrial world, were very different.

May

2012

Neighborhood aesthetics, especially in that industrial/post-industrial world, were very different.

What do I mean when I call myself a Catholic poet?

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

What do I mean when I call myself a Catholic poet?

By Joe Weil

To me the only true failure, and it is an aesthetic failure more than a moral failure, is to be blind to the beauty that lies embedded in the ferocity, and merciless vitality of life itself–the risen Lord in the daily and lowly and broken sprawl of things.

Apr

2012