Category Archives: Choosings & Leavings

On an “Original Relation to the Universe”

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Adam Penna

“Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?” –from Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson On a short walk this morning†, I noticed that ghostly day-moon above me and began to think of those wonderful Stevens’ poems, where … Continue reading →

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On “A Poet’s Confession”

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Adam Penna

The cause of his suffering is that he always wants to be religious and always goes the wrong way about it and remains a poet: consequently he is unhappily in love with God. –Kierkegaard What is the difference between a … Continue reading →

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On Job 17:13-15

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Adam Penna

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness, If I say to the Pit, “You are my father,” and to the worm, “My mother” or “my sister,” Where then is my hope? Job … Continue reading →

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Where to Start: On Choosings & Leavings

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Adam Penna

I’ve been considering a new course.  I’d like to include on this blog the work I’m doing — not poetry, that is, poems, but the reading that goes into the writing of poems — and I’d like to assume a … Continue reading →

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