Dog moon, Radio moon, Poetry moon

The book of men

In Learning to drive, I liked the ending

to let me go it alone. his back pressed

against all that emptiness



I liked Mine own Phil Levine for its 'to wait, to hold true/ to my vision, to speak in my own voice' and 'to be yourself in your own time, to stand up/ that poetry was precision, raw precision/ Truth and compassion: genius'.

I liked The rising of a pregnant mare too. Author Dorianne Laux's interview on the poem and the book.

I liked the Dog moon poem too. There's a bit on it in the above interview link. his poem can be used as a poetry exercise too with its 'dog moon, radio moon, panic moon....'

Another interview of the author.