{"id":1170,"date":"2008-03-07T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2008-03-07T06:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2008-03-07T00:04:33","modified_gmt":"2008-03-07T06:04:33","slug":"poetry-friday-bread-crumbs-and-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1170","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Friday: Bread crumbs and Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fromAs mentioned yesterday<\/a><\/strong>, I happily stumbled upon the site for Fairy Tale Review<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, an annual literary journal devoted to contemporary fairy tales and a co-publication of The University of Alabama Press. It’s edited by Kate Bernheimer, an assistant professor of creative writing at The University of Alabama, who penned her first children’s book, a beguiling creation<\/a><\/strong> covered here at 7-Imp yesterday. Fairy Tale Review<\/em> even has its own blog<\/a><\/strong> for keeping up with the latest news. This publication looks fabulous and is in excellent hands (check out the distinguished Advisory Board<\/a><\/strong>). <\/p>\n

The current issue<\/strong><\/a> of Fairy Tale Review<\/em> includes some poetry. One poem, “Diana, Hunting Words,” by the late Sarah Hannah<\/a><\/strong> — “equally fervent about the Monkees and Metallica<\/strong><\/a>” (I had to throw that in; she seemed like a fascinating person) — is accessible here<\/a><\/strong> in this current issue. <\/p>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

But today I’m going to share another one by Brent Hendricks — from a previous issue<\/a><\/strong> — entitled “Hansel.” <\/p>\n

He decided to do it anyway\u2014walked out the door
\nand dropped his first memory at the driveway’s edge.
\nIt was the beginning scene, way back when,
\nof the kid with the miraculous leg of wood
\ngalloping across a neighbor’s yard.<\/p>\n

And on from there. At the city line
\nhe left his grandmother’s smile
\nand by the time he strolled the frontage road
\nhis friends from high school were roadside trash.<\/p>\n

In the suburbs he unloaded his father’s funeral,
\na cast of lovers, the Mexican sunset
\nthat glazed the ocean red,
\nall images littering the path he walked
\nlike bread crumbs leading back somewhere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the rest here<\/a><\/strong>. Happy Poetry Friday. The round-up is at The Simple and the Ordinary<\/strong><\/em><\/a> today. <\/p>\n

{Note: I really wanted to include in this post this illustration<\/a><\/strong> by W.C. Burgard<\/a><\/strong>, but I didn’t think to ask him for permission in enough time. But go check it out, if you’re so inclined.}<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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