There’s news about the bad poet William Topaz McGonagall. It’s of absolutely no importance, but of great and goofy enjoyment to many in the English-speaking world. Several poems that have never been published in any book will soon be recited in public [on March 19, at our show at the University of Dundee] for the […]
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Cryptic scientifical free verse: Chip Groat
This week’s cryptic scientifical free verse: Chip Groat gave a keynote at the J.J. Pickle
Groucho Marx, Vincent Price, poetry and atomic energy
Groucho Marx, Vincent Price, poetry and atomic energy all came together for a radio broadcast in 1945 — a performance of Norman Corwin’s “The Undecided Molecule” Corwin called it a “rhymed fantasy concerning dangerous developments among the elements.” Click here to listen to a snippet. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! The cosmic alarm! Which means, I […]
37 Therapists
by Jeremy Gorman Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada One day when I was wondering just what was wrong with me, I thought to ask some experts in what’s called psychology. Beginning with the founders of the psychologic arts, I went to Wundt and Titchener, who broke me into parts. John Dewey proved more functional, and Peirce […]