My allergies are going crazy but I’m quite happy to see more and more trees full.
The Georgia woods 🌳
Finally tried Lucali in Carroll Gardens — delicious and the ambiance was perfect.
Just pre-ordered Ben Lerner’s new novel, Transcription, that comes out next week. I haven’t been this excited for a book in so long. Going to drop just about everything else I am reading.
Day 2 of National Poetry Month. “A Meadow” by Lucie Brock-Broido:
If there is a god, he is not done
I just discovered Eternal Family Streaming which is a “curated, artist-run streaming service specializing in obscure, surreal, and lost media, including vintage animation, niche horror, and indie art films” or “a liminal fever dream that is ad-free”. I can not wait to deep dive into this catalog.
April is Poetry Month, someone out there decided this. I am trying to write a poem a day, even while wrestling with what I am assuming is the flu. In the meantime, here is a poem from Dean Young.
But we can do no more than pass through
these rooms and their sudden chills
where once a plea was entered almost
unintentionally that seemed at last
to reveal ourselves to ourselves,
immaculate, bereft, deserving to be found.
“The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.”
🌬️ “But I love the daises’ dance” 🌼
Emily Dickinson’s handwriting “with the sincere spite of a woman.”
Love these medieval suns and moons. I like the sun riding what appears to be the moving clouds
I was in an MFA class with Woody Brown at Columbia and I was a better thinker and writer for it, excited to see his book published. I will definitely be picking up a copy. You can read about his journey and book here.
Crafts & Arts at Happy Medium Cafe in Brooklyn
Lovely poem from Poetry in Motion series, brought to you by the Poetry Society of America and New York’s MTA.
”the silent comedy of beauty— of waiting”
Finished reading: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman 📚
🌬️ “I did a road trip all over my mind and heart and there you were kneeling by the roadside with your little toolkit fixing something.”
🌬️”Who would I show it to”
🌬️ “Tell all the truth but tell it slant”
Only non-profit cat cafe in the five boroughs! Cat Cafe in Brooklyn Heights — trying my very best not to take them home…
