Natalie: Hi Izzy, let’s talk about Elaine Equi’s “Avoidance.” Izzy: I’m so excited. [The editors giggle. Giggle giggle giggle.] Natalie: So, what did you initially think of the poem? Izzy: I was really confused. I understood where the poem was coming from with the idea of avoidance and procrastination, but I feel like I got…
Optimists are some of the scariest people out there. Not the kind that see the glass half full or see the greener grass on their side of life. I’d go as far as identifying myself with that kind of optimist (occasionally). No, I’m referring to those who see the glass half overflowing, those who seem…
Jeffrey Harrison’s poem “Amnesia,” describes a scene that most people reading the poem can easily immerse themselves in. A moment of remembering something, but it being on the tip of your tongue— a memory you can almost reach, yet one that becomes murky once specific details are required. Harrison was born in Cincinnati in 1957…