Laura Smith

Hi all, I’m looking for one more ecosonnet—-anything that you’d recommend, especially that engages natural or green infrastructures (wetlands, floodplains, habitats, reefs, dunes, urban gardens, etc). Experimental/non-trad sonnets welcomed!

I feel like someone was working on an article in the last couple years on the reemergence of shape poetry. All I’m finding are articles on concrete poetry that emphasize the conceptual tradition. Does this ring any bells? #poetryscholars #poetics

Thank you, but I got it! I’ll remove the request!

Friends: I need help with accessing a PDF of this article. Our library doesn’t have access. Could anyone send this to me?

Keating, K. “A tight, mesmerizing chain of echoes”: the pantoum in Irish poetry. Irish Studies Review, 28: 1 (2020), 1–19.
#poetics

I am offering this cat bliss to you all tonight. They are truly soulmates.

Look at this gorgeous Løvig desk Jason got me for my birthday! I can finally retire the Target desk I bought secondhand in grad school :)

Tonight was the night! My once-a-year occasion of beating Jason at darts. Celebrate! 🎯

Gone full garret in the new/old house

New year, new poems! Thanks to The Laurel Review for publishing these. They are meditation poems full of birds and bugs. 🐞

Trunk of the tree, showing at least five distinct trunks fused.

Look at this trunk!

Huge multitrunked tree along an asphalt walking path in an urban park with upspreading crown with maybe a quarter of its leaves remaining, mostly yellow, and lots of yellow and red leaves on the ground, with brick rowhouses in the distant background.

Newest favorite tree along my new walk in the new neighborhood.

Congratulations, Laura! Just looked through the contents and this looks fabulous!

I use Tyson partly because undergrads love it, but I wish someone would write a companion set of essays with an alternate primary text.

Thank you for this list! Would love to be added.