It’s possible that if I even hint at the name “Melville” to begin a piece anyone who sojourns here will click the “close” button and be well on their merry way. (Though surely there are…
Date Archives June 2012
I placed a jarhead in afghanistan
In Stevens’ poem “Anecdote of the Jar” we are given a figuration of the way mind creates order but further of the way mind allows the rules of order to imprison our perception and limit…
As a Flower Succeeds to Foliage
“…as a flower succeeds to foliage.”* (Melville “Lord, when shall we be done changing?” Hawthorne) Meeting Melville I liked him so much I made him an invitation prospective… of bringing out the glory of his…