Commercial Poetry

Willard Spiegelman      The story begins innocently enough.  Southern Methodist University English Professor and Southwest Review edito...

Earl the Squirrel's 25th Law "Leave it all and like a man, come back to nothing special, such as waiting rooms and ticket li...

    Imagine a man who is never criticized.     Perhaps he is a Pol Pot, Stalin or Hitler whose wont is to shoot messengers.  Perhaps h...

    Verbal entertainments range from word games (e.g. Boggle, Charades, Scrabble, etc.) to books, plays and video.  The two most popular for...

Female Sciurus Carolinensis      It has come to my attention that humans, including scientists (who should know better), are spreading t...

Poetry's Revival     In " The Difference an Audience Makes - Part I " we discussed how, without an audience, criticism inevi...

    I know what you are thinking:  "What does this have to do with poetry?"     Everything.  Trust me.  If not, then humor me. ...