Pretzels and Bullfights: The Works of Buson

January 16, 2012

Last week took us to China, on a journey of peach blossoms. This week, we cross the narrow divide between …

FormForAll – ODES

January 12, 2012

Having spent the better part of my life loving, reading and writing poetry there are a couple of forms that …

January 9, 2012

One of the things Pretzels and Bullfights aspires to show is how poetry – good and remembered poetry – stands …

January 7, 2012

Ahem… [The pub-crowd’s yakety-yak quiets to a murmur.] Hi, everyone! Sheila, here and I want to welcome you to today’s Poetics …

January 2, 2012

After a temporary hiatus last week brought about by too many family members loitering around the bookshelf, an excess of …