Thoughts on Ending Poems by Ann Chandonnet
There are three quotations I like on the subject of poem endings. Yeats says: “A poem comes right with a click like a closing box.” Frost says, “I have never started a poem yet whose end I know.” In a...
View ArticleThe Death of Orts and Ilk: A Reaction to the new SAT by Ann Chandonnet
Mastering new words helps us think new thoughts. Unfortunately, the shenanigans of those in charge of the SAT will soon disallow the rooting out of nepotism –because we won’t know the word nepotism. We...
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