Tag: robert

• National Poetry Month: Robert Pinsky

  I received the following facebook message last night, from the gallery of distant rogues: “Poesy Month, eh? Where’s the fucking Pinksy (sic), Chuck?” Point taken. An Explanation of America: A Love of Death by Robert Pinsky Imagine a child from Virginia or New Hampshire Alone on the prairie eighty years ago Or more, one afternoon—the…

  JunkChuck

  April 28, 2014

  Poetry, Uncategorized

  america, death, great, month, national, pinsky, plains, poem, poetry, prairie, robert, usa, verse

• Love Poem For National Poetry Month: Robert Frost

  When one thinks about love poems–or sensual, sexual poems–that old New England apple picker, Robert Frost, isn’t usually the first voice that comes to mind.  Or the second.  Or anywhere near the top.  But it’s cold in New Hampshire–those winters are long, making spring a joyful time, and sometimes a man’s got to do what…

  JunkChuck

  April 10, 2014

  Uncategorized

  frost, love, metaphor, month, national, poem, poetry, putting, robert, seed, sex, sexy

• Friday Morning Rock & Roll Idol: Girl In A Coma

  Art, in its multitudinous forms, rewards our attention every once in a while, and all too rarely, with small beautiful moments where thrill meets surprise–I find them most regularly in poems, but also in poems, paintings, and even in pop songs and punk rock.  Such was the case with the little Texas band Girl In…

  JunkChuck

  March 21, 2014

  Uncategorized

  as, bowie, coma, david, down, falls, girl, in, latina, punk, robert, rock, rodriguez, roll, spanish, texas, the, world

• Cowboy Junkies 32.20 ; After All These Years

  It’s hard to believe it has been almost 28 years since I bought a record, having no idea what the music inside would sound like, took it back to my drafty college apartment, placed it on the turntable and dropped the needle, and fell in love.  This is magnificent.

  JunkChuck

  January 26, 2014

  Uncategorized

  32.20, accordian, best, blues, cowboy, johnson, junkies, liverpool, love, robert, rock, shhhh