Dear
Readers,
Thanks to
Halvard Johnson for the opportunity to curate a group of poems concerned with
the form of list or catalog poem. This is a form that’s interested me since I
began writing poems. In more recent years, the list poem has intrigued because
of my other interest in subverting the form of auto/biography; I’ve found that
the list not only can be an autobiographical fragment of one’s life (e.g. ye
olde shopping list) but also a form that can enhance truth-telling by presenting
a scaffolding against the turmoil of emotions that arises when one looks at
one’s life.
My
interest in this form will manifest itself in my forthcoming book, INVENT(ST)ORY: Selected Catalog Poems &New. I decided to curate a TRUCK issue on
the list poem to see how else other poets conceive of the form. As you will see
through these varied offerings, there’s more going on in the list poem than
just … listing. My thanks to the poet-participants.
I list
below the poet-participants. I plan to post 1-2 poets daily. For convenience,
their names below will be linked to their offerings as we proceed through the
month.
Enjoy!
ORDER:
(Nos.
are Days of Month):
1 – Introduction & Index
1 – Pamela Hart
3 – Barry Schwabsky
5 – Sandy McIntosh
7 – Anne Gorrick
8 – Sheila Murphy
8 – Rebecca Loudon
9 – Jean Vengua
10 – Anny Ballardini
11 – Patti Greenberg
13 – Laura Roghaar
14 – Donna Fleischer
15 – Marton Koppany
16 – Minal Hajratwala
17 – Michael Sikkema
18 – lars palm
19 – Tom Beckett
20 – Mark Young
22 – Alex Gildzen
23 – Melissa Eleftherion
24 – J.G. Dimaranan
28 – Julia Fleeman
29 – Shloka Shankar
29 – Jim McCrary
30 – Halvard Johnson
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