“Damn Interesting” is a Damned Interesting Website
I’ve been reading a website called Damn Interesting, and I highly recommend it. They post articles of . . . interest, on a wide variety of subjects. Have a look for yourself:… Read More
Anvil: The True Story of Anvil
I was lucky to see a preview of the documentary (or “rockumentary”) of the aging Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, called, of all things, Anvil: The True Story of Anvil. They’ve been… Read More
David Yezzi Reading
Carmine Street Metrics is pleased to present a reading by David Yezzi Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 4-6PM at the online pharmacy buy strattera without prescription with best prices today in the… Read More
Domokun Travels Part Five
Domokun updates his Facebook page in the hotel room in Denver before going out for drinks with Lynn, who is there with an armed guard to pick up some ancient objects from… Read More
Ernest is back from London
I’ve returned from a wonderful time in London. I picked up some really nice shirts and many good books, spent many memorable hours in pubs with old and new friends. As I… Read More
Time is way too short. We have far too much to do. We turn to Haiku
There’s been an interesting trend evolving online. Some call it the lazy person’s prose. Others, a succinctly joyous form of communication. Whatever your take on it, the Haiku appears to have found… Read More
Did Domo Make the trip across the pond?
We should all be familiar with Ernie’s fondness for the fuzzy brown critter, which seemingly travels everywhere with him. It begs the question, did Domokun make the trip to London with Ernie?… Read More
E-Verse Ways to Say Someone’s Not a Genius, Part Two
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“Be the Dog,” by J. Allyn Rosser
Be the Dog, by J. Allyn Rosser I The administrative assistant stands serenely with her green cloth coat on, Friday, 5:02. Her boss taps his Mont Blanc, mentioning the misdirected invoice for… Read More
HILBERT SPARKS CONTROVERSY WITH DECISION TO PUBLISH KATHLEEN ROONEY’S REVIEW OF ELIZABETH MCFARLAND
Ah, yes, if one thing can make a rainy Tuesday morning even worse it’s a poetry flame-war. Head over to Joan Houlihan’s blog to check it out as the conflagration grows! http://joanhoulihan.blogspot.com/2008/05/where-have-all-ladies-gone.html… Read More
Domo Cooks Dinner and Gets Drunk
Domo is preparing one of his favorite dishes for Lynn and Ernie, a Hunan pork and tofu meal he picked up from a little Chinese restaurant in Haight-Ashbery where he used to… Read More
Poem from Invasions, by Adam Kirsch
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E-Verse Ways to Say Someone’s Not a Genius, Part One
I asked my colleagues here at work to shout out a few phrases that might come in handy when describing someone who is . . . not so clever as Oscar Wilde.… Read More
Where has Paul really been?
Apparently Paul told me that he went to Australia for the month to catch up with Family and friends but I recently learned otherwise. Check out the video below. Seems he’s been… Read More
“Rubbish at Adultery” by Sophie Hannah
This is a poem from the new book by Sophie Hannah, Pessimism for Beginners. E-Verse highly recommends this book. Click on the picture of the book below to purchase. Rubbish at Adultery… Read More
Domokun Travels Part Four
Domo has snapped out of it and is already at the Holiday Inn Conference Room B reading the paper. Ah, he sees you’ve just stumbled in. There’s work to do, people! I… Read More
“The Good News,” by David Yezzi
David Yezzi’s poem “The Good News” was published in Poetry magazine and appears in his new book, Azores. It was inspired by an evening when I stopped by his Manhattan home after… Read More
“How to Do It” by Lynn Levin
How to Do It Lynn Levin My heart was with the wild raspberries because the blackberries had fiercer thorns, less sugar, and bigger skirts of poison ivy. It was as if someone… Read More
Domokun Travels Part Three
Domokun Travels Part Three You’ll recall that Domo is in Texas for the de-installation of an exhibit of antiquities at the Kimbell Art Center in Fort Worth. Domo is pretty hungover from… Read More
Guess Which One Will Grow up to be Richard Nixon
I’ve recently been dipping into The Great Shark Hunt, online pharmacy buy neurontin online with best prices today in the USA the first volume of Hunter S. Thompson’s voluminous “Gonzo Papers.” The… Read More
“Commander Lowell” by Robert Lowell
Commander Lowell by Robert Lowell 1887-1950 There were no undesirables or girls in my set, when I was a boy at Mattapoisett— only Mother, still her Father’s daughter. Her voice was still… Read More
E-Verse Looks at the Mysterious “Toynbee Tiles” Conspiracy
Years ago, I stood at a corner in Philadelphia waiting to cross. For a moment, I inclined my head and saw the strangest thing: a colorful tile somehow attached to the pavement… Read More
Domokun Travel Part Two
Domokun relaxes with a glass of Pinot while watching the news in Fort Worth, Texas.… Read More
E-Verse Lost its Links and Says Sorry
When Paul moved E-Verse over to a new service, we somehow lost all the links I had in place. I will begin to replace them today. If you had a link, please… Read More
Bill Coyle publishes a Hilbertian sonnet in the New Criterion
Bill Coyle has a Hilbertian sonnet in the current issue of The New Criterion. Hindsight by Bill Coyle But is it really necessary I renounce all of his works? Couldn’t I just… Read More
Domokun Travels Part One
My wife Lynn always brings her Domokun with her when she travels in the US and Europe (she forgot to pack him for Peru, but we found Domokun graffiti in Lima). E-Verse… Read More
“Howard Street and Broadway,” a short story by Ernest Hilbert
Here’s a short story I wrote about ten years ago. Thought I’d share it. Hope you enjoy it if you read it. “Howard Street and Broadway” by Ernest Hilbert online pharmacy elavil… Read More
Another E-Verser on Jeopardy! this week
Believe it or not, another one of my coworkers at Bauman Rare Books will be on Jeopardy! tomorrow, Tuesday, April 15th. Consult your local listings for times and channels.… Read More
“The Tobacco Economy” by Davis McCombs
The Tobacco Economy Davis McCombs This is the burley-curing heat of autumn, a light like the sweat-burnished grain of pegs; this is the green truck’s unlatched vent and the full moon rippling… Read More