Devoted to media matters, politics, poetry, creativity, the evolution of consciousness, and autobiographical reflections, "The Laverytory" is the blog of David Lavery, literature, film, and television scholar/critic, now teaching at Middle Tennessee State University.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Gaylord Brewer on "Writer's Almanac"
I have been getting reacquainted with Garrison Keillor's delightful Writer's Almanac and was happy to find a poem by my colleague Gaylord Brewer:
This guy's a piece of work. He told me I couldn't use the words "regurgitate" and "lady" in my poems--no reason given. Ah, I guess he can't be faulted. He is a poet, after all.
"There are only two things I love in this world: everybody and television." --Kenneth the Page on 30 Rock ("Believe in the Stars," 3.2)
“Imagine people who could only think aloud. (As there are people who can only read aloud.)” --Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations
"Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offerings/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."--Leonard Cohen, "Anthem"
3 comments:
Ha! He's a great creative writing teacher, too.
This guy's a piece of work. He told me I couldn't use the words "regurgitate" and "lady" in my poems--no reason given. Ah, I guess he can't be faulted. He is a poet, after all.
Well, he's right, Wendy. You can't use those words in your poems.
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