https://linktr.ee/geoffcain
-
Recent Posts
Quote of the Moment
Connections
Archives
Categories
Meta
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: poetry
Modern Poetry Reboot: Poetry Unbound
One of the things I noticed before I retired was that I found myself reading and re-reading the same poets. Classic poets, Romantic Era poets, Whitman, Dickenson, Pound, Eliot, Rimbaud, Beat Poets, etc. I needed to really up my game … Continue reading
Elisions: Transcriptions of Life – a Contemplation
My dad, Jim Cain, has a second chapbook of poetry out called “Elisions: Transcriptions of Life – a Contemplation.” It is a short companion to his previous volume “Turquoise Laughter.” He did a poetry reading a few months ago at … Continue reading
Turquoise Laughter and Poems for Judy
I just finished editing a book of my father’s poetry – it is an expanded version of his chapbook “Turquoise Laughter” – it is available at Lulu.com. I love the poems in this book, but it is hard to be … Continue reading
Aviya Kushner’s Wolf Lamb Bomb
I just finished Aviya Kushner’s new book of poetry Wolf Lamb Bomb (Orison Books, 2021). I was so taken with her book The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible (Spiegel & Grau / … Continue reading
Conversations about Ella Young: My Father’s Research
My father, Jim Cain, did some research for a possible book on the Irish poet and story-teller, Ella Young back in 1966. Ella Young was from Ireland but made her home on the Central Coast of California where my family … Continue reading
Posted in research
Tagged "Ansel Adams", "ella young", "Gavin Arthur", "James D. Cain", cain, ellayoung, Grell, Irish, Lymann, poetry, storyteller
10 Comments
Jen Bervin’s Nets
Jen Bervin’s book “Nets” (Ugly Duckling Press, 2004) deserves to be written about more. It is a book of genius on so many levels. I know that the use of that word – the dreaded word “genius” always seems quite … Continue reading