Author: Aidan

The Second Coming: a found poem

WONDERFUL…POWERFUL   A quiet triumph, moving and simple   A CREATION OF SINGULAR BEAUTY   BEAUTIFULLY DONE   Enormously compelling…   Moving and loving   MESMERIZING…   ASTONISHING IRRESISTIBLE DIABLOLICALLY SHARP POTENT MEMORABLE HOT UTTERLY ORIGINAL FEROCIOUS AMAZING BRILLIANT   Real and unmistakable genious Truly terrifying…

Claudia Rankine’s poetry reading

I recently attended a poetry reading by Claudia Rankine. She read select works from her book Citizen: An American Lyric. I was a little anxious about going, as it was the first poetry reading I’d attended, and I didn’t know exactly what to expect. Ms. Rankine was exceptional. I was already a fan of her poems, but I […]