Category: ESSAYS

POETRY’S DEAD (UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD) – JESSIE LYNN McMAINS

October 17, 2019

POETRY’S DEAD (UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD) – JESSIE LYNN McMAINS

All poems are about ghosts, even if they’re not about ghosts. They’re all haunted by the traces of memory (the poet’s own memory, but also the ghosts of history that each word carries with it).

POETRY IS A SEANCE – KRISTIN GARTH

October 14, 2019

POETRY IS A SEANCE – KRISTIN GARTH:

Poetry is a ritual to welcome ghosts.  Invite them in again.  Give them a voice and a space in the physical world.  Allow ourselves to be empowered and stronger for their presence than we are alone.