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Kasper, thanks so much! It's my husband, Jussi Ketonen, who's the Finn. But that's amazing about the iron spear--you really just used one? To pry up a boulder? I'm very sorry about your grandmother. My husband has a phrase, a folk-saying I guess, "I am from us and the rest are from elsewhere." He's from Helsinki by way of Ostrobothnia, the wild west of Finland. Where does your family hail from? Again, many thanks for this very interesting note--makes my morning. Warm regards, Rachel > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to > poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Kasper > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 5:43 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: "What the Gravedigger Needs" > > "Teuva, Finland"?? ollaanko sitä maanmiehiä? :) > > all congratulations; also, it's a wonderful poem. if that > sounds a bit hollow, know that I only call wonderful poems wonderful. > the atmosphere is fascinating, reminiscent of a scene from > Hamlet (maybe I saw it on tv), you know which?only it has a > beautiful minimalistic twitch that yanks it into a sort of > semi-modern timelessness (a bicycle is pretty timeless, to > me). also amazing is that the poem's LIGHTING is vividly > gloomy/dark/stark, solely due to the word "lantern" (& the > context). "bicycle to go from grave to grave" is morbid in a > very, very, very entertaining way. what an excellent poem. > > also, I can relate to the "iron spear" (kanki, oletan), a few > days ago I used one to help my mother's uncle pry up a > boulder to be used as my grandmother's headstone. > > KS > > PS if you don't speak finnish & I completely misunderstood > the "Finland" thing, don't worry I didn't say anything > unflattering. ;) > > On 25/07/06, Rachel Loden <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > If you're so inclined, one of my poems from the new issue of New > > American Writing is at Poetry Daily today, and afterwards > for a year in the archives: > > > > http://www.poems.com/ > > > > > > How to get a copy (from the editors, Maxine Chernoff and > Paul Hoover): > > > > New American Writing 24 (2006) has just been published and can be > > ordered directlyfrom New American Writing, 369 Molino Avenue, Mill > > Valley, CA 94941, for $13 ($2 off the cover price). > > > > You can save $3 an issue, a total savings of $9,by ordering a > > subscription for three annual issues. To do so, send a > check for $36 > > to the above address. > > > > To use a credit a card, order single copiesor > > subscriptionsonlinethrough the NAW website, > www.newamericanwriting.com. > > > > The 220 page issue contains agenerous Nathaniel Mackey feature > > including "The Atmosphere is Alive," an interview with the poet by > > Sarah Rosenthal and arepresentative selection of his poetry > and prose. > > > > Also featured are translations of the poetry of Pura Lopez-Colome > > (Jason Stumpf), Pablo Neruda (Clayton Eshleman), Aase Berg > (Johannes > > Gorranson), Vladimir Holan Josef Horacek & Lara Glenum), YangJian > > (Wang Ping and Alex Lemon), Yao Feng (Christopher Kelen), Eugenio > > Montejo (Kirk Nesset), and eight poems of Nguyen > Trai,1380-1442, one > > of Vietnam's greatest poets (Nguyen Do& Paul Hoover). > > > > Asalways,poetry in electrifying English:Pierre Joris, Rosmarie > > Waldrop, Clayton Eshleman, Mac Wellman, Karen > Garthe,Martine Bellen, > > Rusty Morrison, Joanna Klink, Edward Smallfield,Joseph Lease, Brian > > Teare, Diane Newman, G.C. Waldrep, John Olson, Campbell > McGrath, Devin > > Johnston, Lisa Isaacson, Ethan Paquin, Douglas Messerli, Caroline > > Knox, Rachel Loden, Terence Winch, Todd Swift, Patrick Pritchett, > > Craig Watson, Stephen Vincent, FredMarchant, Valerie Coulton, Maged > > Zaher, Carol Ciavonne,Sandra Park, Curtis Bonney, George Kalamaras, > > DaneenWardrop, Katie Degentesh, Michael Magee, Sharon Mesmer, Susan > > Maxwell, Barbara Jane Reyes, Susen James, Noelle Kocot, Chad > > Faries,Nathan Hauke, John Sakkis, DanielTiffany, Max > Winter, James Meetze, Lori Shine, and Andrew Early. > > > > >