The Sharpener
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
Leaderboard
About
"the repetitions of oppressive beauties"
Glück, Shepherd, Zukofsky, Sappho, Fraser, Sandburg
Feb 11
•
Sean Singer
13
3
1
"This chrome trapezoid"
Warren, Seifert, Donaghy, Siken, Herbert
Feb 9
•
Sean Singer
7
Interview: A. Van Jordan
A.
Feb 7
•
Sean Singer
16
3
1
"Block it up / With Other"
Dickinson, Swir, Césaire, Mead, Mayer
Feb 6
•
Sean Singer
9
1
"No deity, no lutes of paradise"
Ponge, Padel, Southwick, Stanford, Wang
Feb 4
•
Sean Singer
13
Latest
Top
Discussions
"unfolding of a lily"
Bolsover, Hongo, Char, Shumaker, Williams
Feb 2
•
Sean Singer
14
2
Writing Problems: Metaphor & Transference
Metaphor comes from the Greek word μεταφορά, which literally means “transference.” For a poet, it means giving things names, finding similarities among…
Jan 31
•
Sean Singer
21
6
2
"You have become the music"
Villa, Goldbarth, Ryuchi, Coulette, Shinkei, Lee
Jan 30
•
Sean Singer
8
1
"Your shuttered magics will record no more"
Stock, Kelly, Asghar, Adonis, Amichai
Jan 28
•
Sean Singer
11
2
1
"the clincher is the nothing"
Rimbaud, Ponsot, Tranströmer, Volkman, Gilbert
Jan 26
•
Sean Singer
12
5
Writing Problems: How to Organize a Manuscript
I will be teaching an upcoming 9-month manuscript workshop with Fine Arts Work Center.
Jan 24
•
Sean Singer
19
3
4
"a storm with human parents"
Roditi, Hicok, Guthrie, Twichell, Anonymous
Jan 23
•
Sean Singer
15
1
See all
The Sharpener
Thinking through poetry
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 38
Written Tales Magazine
Written Tales
Think Bank
Jennifer Michael Hecht
The Raft
Phyllis Cole-Dai
My Favorite Classical Music
Vitaliy Katsenelson
Into Wind
Mason Pashia
The Sharpener
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
