intergenerational relationships – Page 2

The Blessing and Curse of Michael R. Collings’ “Legacy”

Tyler October 24, 2011 1 Comment

Anthology Poet Highlight 8/82: Michael R. Collings, “Legacy“ (My reading of Michael’s poem.) Michael’s longish poem, “Legacy,” breaches the subject of family in a way that neither sentimentalizes the good nor that glosses over the difficult. This is apparent in the first lines in which the poet says, “By all accounts my great-great-great / was / a thorough-going bastard /… Read more »

On Terresa Wellborn’s “Welcoming the Epilogue”

Tyler October 18, 2011 Comments Off

Anthology Poet Highlight 2/82: Terresa Wellborn, “Welcoming the Epilogue,” Inscape (Winter 2011) [soundcloud id=’41736361′ playerType=’Standard’ width=’54%’ color=’#003366′] (My reading of “Welcoming the Epilogue”) Terresa’s voice is distinctive, clear, and strong and her phrasing is often striking. Notice, for instance, the alliteratives that hold this stanza together and that propel the tongue toward climax: the r’s, th’s, w’s, s’s, c’s. And… Read more »