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the jobholder :: david ignatow
I stand in the rain waiting for my bus and in the bus I wait for my stop. I get let off and go to work where I wait for the day to end and then go home, waiting for the bus, of course, and my stop. An… more →
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the jobholder :: david ignatow
wrote 1 month ago: I stand in the rain waiting for my bus and in the bus I wait for my stop. I get let off and go to wo … more →
self-employed :: david ignatow
wrote 2 months ago: For Harvey Shapiro I stand and listen, head bowed, to my inner complaint. Persons passing by think I … more →
Against the Evidence, I Live By Choice ~ David Ignatow
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wrote 2 months ago: I was reminded of David Ignatow (1914-1997, American poet and editor) yesterday when I read Luke Pra … more →
Paris Review: David Ignatow's prose poem "Why Can't I Be..."
wrote 4 months ago: “Why can’t I be an empty house falling into decay, unaware of myself? Why can’t I be the sky empty o … more →
Stephen Dunn on David Ignatow's "I sink back upon the ground…"
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wrote 4 months ago: I sink back upon the ground . . . - I sink back upon the ground, expecting to die. A voice speaks o … more →
An Allegory by David Ignatow
wrote 5 months ago: Ignatow writes about life as we know it. Instead of visionary art, he is the poet of toil, of the e … more →
138. falling leaves
wrote 7 months ago: People actually read what I write. Amazed by the number of requests to follow/read + tweets after I … more →
Day 329: My skeleton, my rival
wrote 7 months ago: Link to My skeleton, my rival by David Ignatow … more →
Poem in Memory of David Ignatow.
wrote 1 year ago: Poem in Memory of David Ignatow I remember being in the library watching you read, a specter, a ghos … more →
Sometimes Poetry is Preaching
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wrote 1 year ago: I read this poem the other day in an email from Panhala.net. They always share wonderful poetry. I s … more →
Affirmation
wrote 1 year ago: I am almost finished reading Parfit’s Reasons and Persons, and I think his conclusions about t … more →
sky :: david ignatow
wrote 1 year ago: I would be buried beside my parents to be told, Yes, our darling son, it could have been better, but … more →
Poetry, reciprocity, feeling absolutely useless and enjoying it
wrote 1 year ago: I used to post poems I liked to this blog, but I stopped a while back and removed them (well, all ex … more →
To Whom Are You Beautiful
wrote 1 year ago: 131 Postage Due ___ Cents artwork | volunteer | placement | link … more →
No theory
wrote 2 years ago: As I am drafting a literary theoretical essay, I was reminded of this short but fantastic poem by th … more →
love was suddenly remembering us
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wrote 2 years ago: A deceptively simple one from Yaedi Ignatow (1956-), about whom there is little information except t … more →
i'm a depressed poem :: david ignatow
wrote 2 years ago: You are reading me now and thanks. I know I feel a bit better and if you will stay with me a little … more →
absolutely :: david ignatow
wrote 2 years ago: Now the ideas is to aim a camera on one tree from morning until night day after day, beginning with … more →
The Jobholder
wrote 2 years ago: The Jobholder, by David Ignatow I stand in the rain waiting for my bus and in the bus I wait for my … more →
