Hilary Holladay 9/25/18 Hilary Holladay 9/25/18

Anne Sexton's "Her Kind"

I have always admired Anne Sexton's "Her Kind." It is as good and purposeful as the nib of a fountain pen sinking into a bloviating patriarch's fleshy old fanny.

Hilary Holladay 12/31/17 Hilary Holladay 12/31/17

What to Do with a Year Like This One

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Press its thorny stems between the pages of a book you plan to give away.

Let it simmer on the stove until the smoke is sweet and the pan is gone.

Hilary Holladay 5/8/17 Hilary Holladay 5/8/17

Robert Frost's Drop Shot

I've often wondered about Robert Frost's famous line, "I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down."

Hilary Holladay 6/16/16 Hilary Holladay 6/16/16

Beat Poet Harold Norse: An Interview with Todd Swindell

During times of upheaval, art of all kinds can offer solace and refuge. As an antidote to the horrors we are all grappling with these days, I recommend to you the life and writing of Harold Norse (1916-2009), an out gay man who grew up in the 1920s and 1930s.