“Share This Poem” and other Broadsides
We are pleased to present some much-loved poems–many of them formatted as broadsides with illustrations. Fire up your printer and deck your world in swift, sharp truth. Yehuda Amichai, translated by Robert Alter: “We Did It“ C. Wade Bentley: “Compensation“ Ron Block: “Cryptozoology in South Jersey“ Mark Burke: “I Heard the Voices“ Luanne Castle:...
Dream Path
“I see again the generosity of dream geography, giving me places from many periods of my life at once …” The final (for now) installment of the collaboration between poet Judith Serin and artist Masami Inoue. The series will resume in January. I keep thinking of a path I dreamt years ago, wondering why...
Dream Architecture: Big Houses
Prose poem by Judith Serin, art by Masami Inoue. I often dream of houses so big I must explore them. I discover boxes of old treasures, toys in a small room downstairs, a high balcony near the ceiling circled with statues and trunks of shiny dresses. Often they incorporate parts of my childhood house...
Dream Architecture: Outside/In
Dream Architecture: Outside/In Part 4 of the Dream Geographies collaboration between poet Judith Serin and visual artist Masami Inoue. Herbert and I are in a large room, sleeping in separate beds. A weed with prickly leaves and purple yarrow-like flowers grows next to the foot of mine. I’m afraid the prickles...
Dream Architecture: New Views
Part 3 of the Dream Geographies collaboration between poet Judith Serin and artist Masami Inoue. My husband–an unfamiliar dream husband—has bought us a large white stucco house. At first I think it’s dull. But outside along a wall of round dark stones I discover a path to a beach. There’s hardly any sand—perhaps the tide is high—and people...
