Gary Margolis: The Desire to Write Poetry at Forty
the mysterious
feeling between her
and Emily, the centuries in
between two women
alone in their rooms.
Gary Margolis: Ending the War
one morning
in August, she can walk
away from her fury
of pines, and catch
her breath
Gary Margolis: I was Living in a Poem
Lines so plain I didn’t know, at first,
I was living in a poem.
Gary Margolis: Tracking Forgiveness
I want to make as many mistakes
as I can, here in my lifetime.
So I can be my own priest, sign
Perfection’s policy.
Gary Margolis: Visiting Poet
for the Midland School in Los Olivos No one told me I would be sitting across the table from Deyanira, number two wife of Hercules, … Continue reading
Gary Margolis: Hive Mind Synching
My friend sitting outside the cafe on the Left Bank texts me she thinks our country has lost its collective mind. She puts down her phone to watch the cabs … Continue reading
Gary Margolis: Pancakes and Kabobs
Our town invites in three thousand refugees. We used to count ourselves in, our town of nine hundred fifty three. We’ll have to rent extra seats for them to raise … Continue reading
Gary Margolis: It Pleases Me
interview with Georgia O’Keeffe at 90, 1977 to paint the bones inside the sky to bring them home to light my brush here on Lake George the desert inside my … Continue reading
Video: Pierre-Auguste Renoir at work in 1915 (rare footage)
This is rare footage of French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir at work, which is from Sacha Guitry’s patriotic World War I-era film Ceux de Chez Nous, “Those of our Land”. Renoir … Continue reading
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