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Suzanne,
Thank you for your kind words and for re-posting the poem. I look forward to visiting your Poetry Salon page! Good cross-pollination of sources and resources. Philip would greatly approve!
Lisa
Day 5: In Praise of Philip Dacey [by Lisa Vihos]
I knew before I started blogging for BAP this week that I wanted to end my gig with some words for the man who got me back on the path to poetry, Philip Dacey. Phil passed away earlier this month, on July 7. It was a sad day for poetry. We lost one of the great ones. I am, with Stacey's permissi...
Day 5: In Praise of Philip Dacey [by Lisa Vihos]
I knew before I started blogging for BAP this week that I wanted to end my gig with some words for the man who got me back on the path to poetry, Philip Dacey. Phil passed away earlier this month, on July 7. It was a sad day for poetry. We lost one of the great ones. I am, with Stacey's permission, reprinting a piece I wrote that day for the Stoneboat blog. It doesn't tell you everything Philip ever did, where he taught, who he knew, or even the names of all his books.It is just my personal response to him, his poetry, and his generosity. He taught me a lot, even from a distance. And, he still will, I think, even though he has moved on. That's what poets do, here or not here. Teach us with their words. Listen to the voice of each dead poet as if it were yours. It is. --Philip Dacey From Mosquito Operas, 2010 The sad news came today that a poet and good friend to Stoneboat, Philip Dacey, has died after a long illness. I only met Philip in person on one occasion, and that was at the Great Lakes Writers Festival at Lakeland College back in 2007. At the time, I had not tried to write a poem for many years. I was on major hiatus as far as poetry was concerned. But meeting Philip and hearing his work, I was impressed by his poems and by his welcoming nature. He was not snobbish about poetry. He did not make it seem like an enterprise for only some special sect of people. He helped me see that poetry is there for anyone who wants to partake of it. He was a true mentor in that regard. Later on, when we became email correspondents, he wrote to me often about "the vineyard." This was the place that he designated as the ground where all poetry comes from, and he believed that anyone who was willing to do the work of caring for the roots, fertilizing the soil, and tending to the vines would be able to enjoy the wine, eventually. He never said it was easy, but he also did not say it was impossible. The work was there to be done, if one so wished to engage in the endeavor. He always made poetry look like a vocation worth having. Philip was clearly generous with his time and talent. He did not make distinctions, I think, between "high end" and "low end." For example, when we were in the process of devising our first issue of Stoneboat, I wrote to him and asked if he would be so kind as to send us some poems. He immediately sent six. He did not say, "Oh, you are below me, little upstart literary journal." He simply sent some work. It was quite a boost to my editorial ego to be given the opportunity to select three poems from a repeat Pushcart Prize-winning... Continue reading
Posted Jul 29, 2016 at The Best American Poetry
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Day 4: The Question of Maps [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Jul 28, 2016 at The Best American Poetry
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Day 3: How It Came to Be that the Poet Proposed to Build a Reading Garden on the Other Side of the World [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Jul 27, 2016 at The Best American Poetry
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Very well said. I am going to an open mic tonight. I have taken note. (Oh, did I mention I am the featured reader?) p.s. thanks for hitting the nail on the head. 20 times.
20 Things Not to Do at an Open Poetry Reading [by Daniel Nester]
1. Write your name illegibly on the sign-up sheet. 2. Complain to host when he/she can’t read/pronounce your last name. 3. Go over the allotted time, so much so that you are mistaken for the “featured” reader, who has traveled three hours on an interstate to promote her most recent book, an...
Day 2: It's Never Too Late to Meet the Goddess [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Jul 26, 2016 at The Best American Poetry
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Day 1: To Heaven and Back Again [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Jul 25, 2016 at The Best American Poetry
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Looking at the World with Salerno Eyes [by Lisa Vihos - bonus day]
Posted Jun 20, 2015 at The Best American Poetry
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Everything Else I Wanted to Say to You [by Lisa Vihos - Day 5]
Posted Jun 19, 2015 at The Best American Poetry
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A Prayer for the Oral Tradition (Or, What I Learned in Salerno) [by Lisa Vihos – Day 4]
Posted Jun 18, 2015 at The Best American Poetry
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We Grew Up to Be Poets [by Lisa Vihos - Day 3]
Posted Jun 17, 2015 at The Best American Poetry
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Ti Volevo Dire [by Lisa Vihos - Day 2]
Posted Jun 16, 2015 at The Best American Poetry
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Standing in the Gap [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Jun 15, 2015 at The Best American Poetry
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Day 5: Loose Ends [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 19, 2014 at The Best American Poetry
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Day 4: A Year of Thursdays [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 18, 2014 at The Best American Poetry
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Day 3: A Meal at the Well [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 17, 2014 at The Best American Poetry
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Day 2: The Art of Blogging and Who Reads Poetry? [Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 16, 2014 at The Best American Poetry
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Day 1: Air Masks and Onions [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 15, 2014 at The Best American Poetry
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Facing the horror vacui [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Oct 1, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Good Night and Good Morning [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 30, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Disorderly Nation [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 29, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Glad you enjoyed post and poem...
Unleaving Time [by Lisa Vihos]
Time, so they say, flies when you are having fun. Does that mean it goes excruciatingly slow when you are sad or suffering? I would have to say that the answer to this is a resounding yes. A good friend of mine recently told me that when she feels sad, she feels really stuck. Every aspect of h...
Brain Surgeon or Poet? [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 28, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Unleaving Time [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 26, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Pathologically Poetic [by Lisa Vihos]
Posted Sep 26, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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