Wiffle ball and scones at the poetry bed and breakfast, mofos!
Read it here. No, seriously. Read it here.
It covers a trip Maisie and I took to Brook Farm Inn, where I had visited in 1996 as a wee lad graduate MFA student-poet.
This leads to an overview and reflections on literary tourism, a tribe of travelers I claim to be a be a lifelong member.
I really enjoy writing these longer and wide-ranging essays for The Poetry Foundation. The last one about Jim Morrison as a poet was fun to put together.
Next up: a piece to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Poetry In Motion, Ron Mann‘s documentary of poets in performance, aka the Greatest Poetry Documentary Ever.
Related articles
- William Matthews Craft of Poetry syllabus, c. 1995. (wewhoareabouttodie.com)
- Just up on Poetry Foundation: “When You’re Strange,” story on Jim Morrison the poet. (danielnester.com)
