PinnedTed BurkeMcCarthy Upsets LauraAfter a long absence from fiction, Cormac McCarthy returns with a double dose of his bleak imaginings with this month’s release of this…Oct 29, 2022Oct 29, 2022
Ted BurkeJOHN MAYALL ,RIPWhile scrolling through the headlines one morning, alternating between laughter and grunts at the day’s news, I abruptly stopped. A story…2d ago2d ago
Ted BurkeTHE BOYS OF SUMMERThe Eagles : a band I loathe-a troupe of musicians with obvious talents as songwriters, instrumentalists, and vocalists-who try too hard…Aug 28Aug 28
Ted Burke2 Dean Young PoemsUpon Hearing of Another Marriage Breaking Up is a poem that reads as it were edited with a lawnmower. Author Dean Young reads this poem in…Aug 25Aug 25
Ted BurkeTHE SADNESS THAT REMAINS AMY WINEHOUSEThis is too sad for words, all the talent that Amy Winehouse had now silenced because she couldn’t muster up the strength to confront what…Aug 8Aug 8
Ted BurkeTHE JOY OF READING RON PADGETTRon Padgett is every bit the off -hand and fresh-phrasing poet Billy Collins wants to be, and it’s his particular genius to write in such a…Aug 7Aug 7
Ted BurkeTHE LONG WINDEDI can assure you, sir, that these things really suck!” — Don Van Vliet,when selling a vacuum cleaner to Aldous HuxleyJul 2Jul 2
Ted BurkeROBERT CREELEY:You Know this ManI was recently asked :”What’s the shortest and most impactful poem you have heard?” My response began with a smart-ass riff, quickly got…Jun 19Jun 19
Ted BurkePOETS WHO DON’T DISCOVER THE WORLD BEYOND THEMSELVESInteresting things afoot in discussions about the precious craft of writing poetry, an endeavor fraught with personal assessments of…Jun 1Jun 1