Guest Post: Alexis Bonari on “Canto LXXXI” by Ezra Pound
Today we welcome a new guest blogger, Alexis Bonari, who reviews “Canto LXXXI” by Ezra Pound. Poetry Review: “Canto LXXXI” by Ezra Pound In the autumn of 2007, I traveled to the foothills of the...
View ArticleBook Review: Poetry and Ambition (Essays 1982-88) by Donald Hall
This is the first book review in the series “Poets on Poetry.” The best way to learn about poetry is to read poetry… and to read poets talking about it. With that in mind, over the next few weeks,...
View Article300 Posts, 300 Books I Am Glad I’ve Read
Today’s posting marks the 300th post on MontanaWriter, a nice round number. Round numbers are hard to resist. There is a something complete and satisfying in their shape… in what they symbolize: the...
View ArticleSome words to live by
As an avid collector of quotes and lines of poetry, I often find myself with unattributed lines and mis-attributed quotes. The internet, though efficient in locating and aggregating information, is...
View ArticlePoetry Review: “A Ballad of the Mullberry Road” by Ezra Pound
For awhile postings at MontanaWriter will be sparse by necessity, and I will be re-posting –with new content and edits– some older posts that were written and posted before readership here really began...
View ArticleThesaurus Thursday: “mountain”
Mt. Baldy, Big Belt Mountains, Montana Words, and the ideas and moods that words represent, are the tools of the writer… especially for the poet. Poetry, after all, is the art of using compressed...
View ArticlePoetry Review: “Ancient Music” by Ezra Pound
After my last post, Emerson’s “The Snow-Storm,” my friend Mark Moffett, ever the contrarian, sent me this note and poem. Enjoy! I did. Well I’m not so much a poetry reader and with all respect to...
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