OSP Poem of the Day Journey to the Place of Ghosts by Jay Wright

O heart us then and rhyme us in thy day - Eric T. Racher in this wonderfull sonnet “on the ideology of language considered as a form of ‘communication’”

Jay Wright. Postage Stamps (2023). Jorge Manrique. Coplas por la muerte de su padre (c.1476?).

"Or maybe they are reprobate teenage orcas, who do it for fun: smash boats, steal motors, just for the halibut." @mccarthysharks has been taking notes again, Issue 14 is out now. Subscribe for full access.

Christopher Okigbo: Thirsting for Sunlight. Obi Nwakanma. 2010. Cover based on a painting by Victor Ehikhamenor.

Jameson's Straussian reading of Althusser.

Sentences.

Each book creates its own system, because each comes from a different obsession, a different question that needs to be answered. - Javier Cercas in The Paris Review

#MelvilleMonday

Random shelfie.

Yes. Always Ornette.

Dulce Românie, asta ți-o doresc...

“Life must be undergone, and I certainly derive a consolation from the thought of writing one or two more Poems before it ceases.” — Keats to Bailey (10 June 1818)

For Lorine Niedecker 1. So there you are, now: movement, rest, repeat— a music all sublunary, a song that’s keyed to the terrain beneath the feet, between Rock River and Lake Koshkonong... Orphic Press/The Orphic Review orphicpress.com/poetryarchive/…

This doesn’t really need pointing out, but dear god Momtaza Mehri is an intimidatingly good poet

Never in a million years did I think this sort of thing would happen for me. Am over the moon with joy and looking forward so much to work ahead!!! Thank you so much to the panel and Publishing Ireland. 🎉🎉🎉🍾🍾🍾❤️❤️❤️⚡️⚡️

Ma io nelle varie bio, persino nel cv, riporterei soltanto la battuta scherzosa che fece la docente di letteratura francese alla fine del mio esame, prima di complimentarsi: “Lei è insopportabile quando parla di letteratura, non smetterebbe più”.