On Thursday, April 26, Fordham University English Professor Alvin Eng will host an "open studio" performance in room 109 of McMahon Hall with his creative writing class, Performing & Telling Your Life.
The Bride of the Sea has torn
her nuptial cloth, ripped a band from
the waist to wear above the brow as
a crown stained with rebel wounds.
Oil bleeds from the scars of the
innocent, discontent...
Academy of American Poets Prize Award Co-Winner
Profilo Continuo del Duce, Renato Bertelli, 1933
Renato gives birth to Benito a second time, a thousand times over.
From every angle, in every light,...
Published: March 2, 2011
“Chaos and Order shared a house of lines,” writes Fordham’s Poet-in-Residence Janet Kaplan in her latest collection “Dreamlife of a Philanthropist.” Winner of the...
Published: August 25, 2010
Endless fields and urban streets
Adorn the minds of sour poets—
Fields that cover a corner of the earth
So that we cannot fathom what a wall is,
Streets that undulate...
Published: May 5, 2010
By MATT PETRONZIO
Asst. Literary Editor
Heart is made of glass
Bare feet march on humble shards
Mind is made of stone
______________________________
By GRACE WEISS
Contributing...
Published: April 15, 2010
Ah, I see:
You say I’ve made a mistake.
Oh, Margaret,
Leave my regrets to me.
It’s so hip not to care,
To pour rum in my shoe,
And we savor every bit
But I’m...
Published: November 19, 2009
In this life, we wear rain
And pray to brew the courage that he has,
She has.
Fragile bones in a sack over my shoulder,
I attend your funeral.
You’re...
Published: August 27, 2009
It fades, it fades.
The dark, it fades.
The scent ascends.
Existentialism. Manure.
Your black heart is
Bitter on my tongue,
Your tongue.
Your...
