To my delight I learned I have a poem published in the latest issue of the Berkeley Poetry Review--if it ever reaches local bookstores. O ego validation.
I hope my friend Franz Wright survived cancer surgery.
I purchased the "New and Selected Poems" of David Young; published by Knopf. A beautiful book. I'm addicted to poetry books and fine written prose.
Ran in the hills above Berkeley. Waiting for the rain to descend this weekend.
I discovered and used the "Notes" feature on FaceBook. I may never try to submit poetry anywhere again. I love it when people I don't know like what I've written and "get" it. Well...maybe I will submit to journals again.
The usual surreal panorama to and from work: the homeless begging, students hurrying to their morning classes, people running or cycling, delivery trucks, massage parlours, busses. And, of course, the deadline I met. People in the office sit in their cubiles, IPODS plugged in, each one in their separate world.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Love the Berkeley Public Library Bookstore!
After lunch today I visited the downtown Berkeley Public Library's small bookstore and was excited to see what they had on the poetry shelf at ridiculously low prices ($2.00). The Collected Poetry of Czeslaw Milosz (Ecco Press) a Poetry East edition featuring translations of Eastern European poetry, and the 30th edition of the Pushcart Prize Poetry--2006.
When finding books like these I'm hopelessly greedy. Of course, I bought them.
When finding books like these I'm hopelessly greedy. Of course, I bought them.
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