Tag Archives: Frank O’Hara

Two Poems for Tom Raworth and an Instant Elegy

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Bill Herbert

I’m indebted to Peter Manson who, on my posting a short elegy on Tumblr for Tom Raworth, suggested I reproduce here two poems he, Peter, and his co-editor Robin Purves, first published in Object Permanence, no. 3 (Sept 94). These … Continue reading →

Posted in sparrow mumbling, xenochronicity | Tagged Aquinas, Edwin Morgan, Eric Mottram, Ezra Pound, Frank O'Hara, George Roberts, Gwynneth Lewis, Heavy Light, Helen Kidd, Hugh MacDiarmid, Informationism, Joe Kelleher, John Ashbery, Keith Jebb, Language Poetry, Lèvre de Poche, Machiavelli, Mick Imlah, Oxford Covered Market, Oxford Poetry, Oxford University Poetry Society, Peter Manson, Reality Studios, Robert Creeley, Robin Purves, Tom Raworth, W.S. Graham | 1 Comment

Patterned and Paired

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Bill Herbert

(This review appeared in the Spring 2016 Poetry London. This is a slightly longer version – by two bonus paragraphs – with a proofing error corrected. (Instead of the lemniscate itself, ‘∞’, we read ‘[insert infinity symbol]’, which is in … Continue reading →

Posted in reviews (some antique) | Tagged Anne Carson, Casaubon, Clark Kent, Frank O'Hara, Jack Underwood, James Wright, John Donne, Middlemarch, Philip Larkin, Rebecca Perry, Superman, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Tennessee Williams | Leave a comment

Carry On, Leonora: 1

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Bill Herbert

(This is the first of five sections of a piece I’ve been puzzling over all summer about the great British Surrealist painter and writer, Leonora Carrington. Puzzling because I don’t quite know where I’m going with this, though it clearly … Continue reading →

Posted in xenochronicity | Tagged Alastair Reid, André Breton, Barry MacSweeney, Basil Bunting, Braque, Crete, Cubism, Da Vinci, Dalí, Dark whimsy, David Jones, De Chirico, Dotor Who, Edward Lear, Edwin Muir, Elena Poniatowska, Eric Mottram, Flann O'Brien, Frank O'Hara, Geoffrey Hill, Harry Tawb, Hugh MacDiarmid, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Iggy Pop, John Ashbery, John Fuller, Jon Pertwee, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Kenneth White, Leonora Carrington, Lewis Carroll, Liverpool, Lyn Hejinian, Lynne Roberts, Max Ernst, Mick Imlah, Miró, Monty Python, Paul McCartney, Peggy Guggenheim, Peter Blake, Prynne, Richard Dadd, Robert Duncan, Roger Delgado, Ron Silliman, Sir Arthur Evans, Spike Milligan, Surrealism, Susannah Clarke, Ted Berrigan, Terry Gilliam, The Autons, The House of Fear, The Labyrinth, The Ruin, The Tate, Tristram Shandy, Victor Brauner, W.S. Graham | Leave a comment

The Nay I Know Not Seamless Garment Garment

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Bill Herbert

An eminently sensible question from a former student, ‘Do you have different blogs for a reason? Maybe you should just choose one and stick to it?’ has made me go over this old niggle from a new angle. Whether we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in current emanations | Tagged Frank O'Hara, Hugh MacDiarmid, J.H. Prynne, John Ashbery, Michael Donaghy, Norman, Norman MacCaig, Richard Wilbur, Seamus Heaney, W.S. Graham | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Frank O’Hara

Two Poems for Tom Raworth and an Instant Elegy

Patterned and Paired

Carry On, Leonora: 1

The Nay I Know Not Seamless Garment Garment

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