Tag: Xan Schwartz

  • Poetry & Art Sequence: “Big Enough to Step Inside” by Xan Schwartz

    Poetry & Art Sequence: “Big Enough to Step Inside” by Xan Schwartz

      Gemini Rising/Poem for Nellie It was your birthday and Iknew you and                                                              I didn’t know you.  Your skin was                                                                       glowinglike a cloud You were surviving to the tune of light beer to the tune of raspberries and a couple of cows to the tune of Joan of Arc’s head tilt You were singing loudly…

  • “The day woke with a (*)”: Xan Schwartz Reads Sheila McMullin’s daughterrarium

    “The day woke with a (*)”: Xan Schwartz Reads Sheila McMullin’s daughterrarium

    Sheila McMullin’s collection daughterrarium immediately piques the reader’s interest with a perfectly placed asterisk. The strange natural imagery and experimental form in “Tapering” introduce both mystery and play, two ideas that stream throughout the collection. My sister also said * we think because of our mother; (I) feared * and (I) held (I) Interrupted *: Many…