Tag Archives: poems
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MoMA “Surrealist Book” Show: The Canned Writing is on the Wall
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2026 by tsk2001
“Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors” is the theme of this exhibition, but today lives in the eight quotes that MoMA chose …
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Rothko Birthday Bash: Buccal Up for Safety
Leave a commentSeptember 25, 2026 by tsk2001
It’s Mark Rothko’s birthday. Seems like an occasion to prime the poetic canvas, maybe not with the ferocity of the …
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Desnos and Tanning: Drifting Nudes and Dancing Cows
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2026 by tsk2001
So I find myself asking Gem if Dorothea Tanning and Robert Desnos might’ve known each other—something to do with research …
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Stalking Bellmer’s Twisted Sisters in the Ghost Mall
Leave a commentJuly 25, 2026 by tsk2001
A visit to the ghost mall on a day too hot to be outside. The ghost mall in question has …
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The Creeley Centenary: One Hand on the Bingian Trigger
Leave a commentMay 21, 2026 by tsk2001
Robert Creeley was born on May 21, 1926. Hmmm. This calls for something. What’s on p.100 of his collected poems? …
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Young Hares Secured Against Cherry Trees: Bretonian Questions Abound
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2025 by tsk2001
I was in Philly on the weekend to see Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100. And of course to pay homage to …
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The Belated Jarry Birthday Mashup
Leave a commentSeptember 9, 2025 by tsk2001
It was yesterday, the 8th, which is also when the Catholic Church celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, …
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Reconfiguring Breton’s “Free Union”: In the Ear of the Behearer
2August 16, 2025 by tsk2001
Is André Breton’s list poem, “Free Union,” the French precursor of Ginsberg’s “Howl”? Well, no, or perhaps it is, but …
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