Terry Bain

Terry Bain

Spokane

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Etats-Unis

bainbooks.com
“Humorist, author of You Are a Dog and We Are the Cat”
22 sept. 07

Upon Hearing that I’d Missed Donald Hall’s Birthday

I used to write him his poems said something I wanted to say or said something the way they should be said or said “hello” in a way that sounded like digging in the earth for earthworms and finding flint, ... Lire la suite
12 juil. 07

American Life in Poetry: Column 120 by TED KOOSER, U.S. P...

The loss of youth and innocence is one of the great themes of literature. Here the California poet Kim Noriega looks deeply into a photograph from forty years ago. Heaven, 1963 It’s my favorite photo –  captioned, “Daddy and His Sweetheart.” ... Lire la suite
29 juin 07

Say Crazy Sometimes

I once wrote an elegy for Ray Carver titled “Say Crazy Sometimes,” but it is lost now, and I don’t know how to retrieve it. Not even from memory. My own. Not so very trustworthy database of the trivial contains ... Lire la suite
28 juin 07

Energy

I seem to have lost my energy for this project, if, indeed, I ever had it. It has languished for a few weeks now, and perhaps the problem is in the title. “Bain Books Daily Poem.” For crying out loud, ... Lire la suite
28 juin 07

American Life in Poetry: Column 118

TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006 — Our species has developed monstrous weapons that can kill not only all of us but everything else on the planet, yet when the wind rises we run for cover, as we have done ... Lire la suite
22 juin 07

American Life in Poetry: Column 117

by Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004-2006The subdivision; it’s all around us. Here Nancy Botkin of Indiana presents a telling picture of life in such a neighborhood, the parents downstairs in their stultifying dailiness, the children enjoying their youth under ... Lire la suite
14 juin 07

Lost Art Found: Panning for Gold

Today’s Red Wheelbarrow: Anybody who’s ever done it knows there is more to it than just shaking a pan around in the murky water… definitely an art… and done artfully, and can be very rewarding. Most people today who are ... Lire la suite
13 juin 07

Lost Arts Found: Silverpoint

Today’s Red Wheelbarrow: It’s “Lost Arts Found” week here at the daily poem. I’ve taken the easy way out so far with quiltmaking and knitting… can I dig a little deeper? I’ll have to go sit in the wayback machine ... Lire la suite