I once wrote a poem that was more or less symbolic or allegorical, about flying serpents invading a holy place that represents a woman’s innocence. In the throes of composition,… Read more Inventive Literature has its Own Rules →
from The Generations of Men: (“Those of name Stark” have gathered together, by decree of the Governor of New Hampshire, for a family reunion in the town of Bow.) Someone… Read more Robert Frost Mentions the Human Taste for the Outlandish on Special Occasions →
“… such an expression as ‘prophets old’ may, and probably will, ‘mean’ something quite different from ‘old prophets’. -Owen Barfield, Poetic Diction In contemporary English we almost never place an… Read more Prophets Old and Mountains Cold →
Slow Literature 