Jeff Erwin explore la joie d’abandonner le logos de la raison individuelle et de plonger dans la poésie. Retrouvez ensuite trois poèmes, écrits de façon collaborative par le Collectif Boukra.
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Brian Sheffield on the Feedback Loop show and on local punk
Local poet and punk, Brian Sheffield, checks out the Feedback Loop gig, featuring Odder, Parasite, A.P. Tobler, Jacuzzi Cat, George Crustanza, and The Scalps. With some musings on the mosh pit and local punk.
Jeff Erwin on collaborative poetry
Jeff Erwin explores the joy of abandoning logos and embracing poetry. Followed by three poems, written collaboratively by the Boukra Collective.
“Del Monte Beach” a new poem by Susan Moon
A new poem by Monterey based poet, Susan Moon, inspired by New York poet Marie Ponsot, and fifteen century Sufi mystic Kabir.
‘Table for Two: Lunch Time with César Chávez and Herbert Marcuse,’ by Armando Arias
Professor Armando Arias remembers back to a conversation between critical theorist Herbert Marcuse and labor organizer César Chávez, as part of a larger project on the coming together of Chávez and science.
“À propos de la poésie collaborative” par Brian Sheffield (et trois poèmes collaboratifs)
Poète et éditeur, Brian Sheffield, se demande pourquoi nous devrions parfois abandonner l’individualisme et l’égoïsme de l’auteur solitaire. La poésie, dans ses meilleurs moments, est collaborative. Ici, il explore certaines des raisons de l’écriture collaborative, et inclut trois exemples du collectif Boukra.
“On Collaborative Poetry” by Brian Sheffield (plus three collaborative poems)
Poet and editor, Brian Sheffield, considers why we should sometimes abandon the individualism and egoism of the solitary author. Poetry, when at its best, is collaborative. Here he explores some of why of collaborative poetry writing, and includes three examples from the Boukra Collective.
New poem by Jean Vengua, “I Would Rather Not”
Jean Vengua writes about living in constant grief for both a present and a future that does not exist in the way she was made to expect, suggesting the kind of isolation online living creates.
New poem, “February 17” by French poet and artist Claire Durand-Gasselin
Dans “17 février” qui fait partie d’une œuvre plus longue intitulée Morceaux d’Heures, la poétesse et artiste française Claire Durand-Gasselin présente un hommage lent et discret à la côte centrale de Californie. Ici, les lecteurs retrouveront l’influence de la poétesse américaine Mary Oliver, associée à une touche moderne, et certains reconnaîtront des paysages et sentimentsContinue reading “New poem, “February 17” by French poet and artist Claire Durand-Gasselin”
“relearning how to breathe,” a poem by Chris Siders
Chris Siders’s new work explores two contemporary concerns: white supremacist violence and the horrors of covid. But rather than imagining that these function separately, Siders uses the poem as a net to connect them to the way capitalism, militarism, and the U.S. nation-state itself can violently structure our experiences and very lives.
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