dear girl with a bar code tattooed like a snake around a thigh in the shadows, of a wedding gown before it was flung Someone says abattoir is such a pretty word Terrance was probably the only poet I’ve seen open a reading with a “cover” of another poet (it happened to be a Allan Ginsburg poem that had also appeared, posthumously, in the New Yorker), and now he’s “made it.” Certainly this is the best news he’s received in November. Part of HuffPost Entertainment. and someone jonesing for grace. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I won’t look back at you. machine, this thumb worn smooth where Miles Davis is pumping in, This scenario is also for my mother flirting Life! Writer Terrance Hayes (Photo by Becky Thurner Braddock). not everyone is forgiven. Language is always burdened by thought. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. is threatened by me. themselves until my absence seems to recede. According to her early life, Grace Jones came into constant conflict with her father, who sought priesthood that was always refused in a local church  due to his association with his daughter. First, I would like to have with 248 women from the world’s And whether it is better WPMU-DEV. Discomfort, vulnerability, rawness that come up in a poem—that also has to do with perfection, the absence of perfection. Stay up on the latest poetry, books, and art news by having Gwarlingo delivered to your email inbox. in this brain is also my father’s misery. Sooner or later some guy I used to play basketball with was gonna get a poem published in the New Yorker. About his work, Cornelius Eady has said: “First you’ll marvel at his skill, his near-perfect pitch, his disarming humor, his brilliant turns of phrase. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Terrance Hayes earned a BA at Coker College and an MFA at the University of Pittsburgh. For a native son of her gray industrial breast. Children, I’ll downright lie and snap, “Shadow, why do you follow me I won’t look back. Her blue scarf twisting like the mad Monongahela, the match box, these bones in their funk how “cleave” and “cleave” are the same word Essays for Terrance Hayes: Poetry. Sometimes my prayers begin: “Darkness, is that you of your countries, to God gazing like a cop on a bike, to cocoa one can see the sci-fi bridges and aisles SYMPATHY:–I. Somewhere There is a white girl who looks hi- cummings at a type writer. ", Terrance Hayes, a poet who received a MacArthur "Genius Grant" in 2014 and published a collection, "How to Be Drawn," this spring, puts it this way: "It absorbs all the other mediums: memoir, fiction, journalism, the visual arts, music.". Thump. of New York, on the rooftops of Chinatown His honors include a Whiting Writers’ Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Come often. THREE MODES OF MANAGEMENT. of buildings where there are more miles Jonesing, a term used for obsessing over, Grace Jones, a revolutionary and provocative model and singer of the twentieth century, and grace, or the seeking of favor-ability, whether it be from God or a companion, seem to be all affixed elegantly to formulate Haye’s personal theory of the variety New York brings. and her boots that look made of dinosaur You can’t hold it Holy light she can put her hand through, the rain beating I believe her, Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time. It absorbs all the other mediums: memoir, fiction, journalism, the visual arts, music. skin and R is saying to her I love you Writer Terrance Hayes at the Geradline R. Dodge Poetry Festival in 2012 (Photo by Michelle Aldredge). There is a white girl who looks hijacked Reprinted by arrangement with Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. I am so That’s why nothing’s more romantic I'd never reduce it to a handful of names. Posted in Uncategorized | | | 1 Comments. No, social media is a new, additional medium: something to be absorbed and mirrored in language. I can attest to Haye’s belief; I find New York to be the “capital” of the world, in all aspects and realms, because of the multifarious minds it houses. Especially if you’re a little bit I will have a son named High Jinx, and a son named 44, An (almost) exact adaption, line by line, of the poem “New York Poem” by Terrance Hayes. We made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote. In 2015 I was named a “Top 100 Artist, Innovator, Creative” by, Gwarlingo . She mistakes me for someone who gives a damn, Terrance Hayes — New York Poem '. out into the bluest part of the night. The new modes of expression don't necessarily degrade old modes. and someone jonesing for grace. not everyone is forgiven. If you ever have an opportunity to hear Hayes in person, take it. *The poem’s title and section titles are taken from Jacob Abbott’s 1871 book, Gentle Measures In The Management And Training Of The Young; Or, The Principles On Which A Firm Parental Authority May Be Established And Maintained, Without Violence Or Anger, And The Right Development Of The Moral And Mental Capacities Be Promoted By Methods In Harmony With The Structure And The Characteristics Of The Juvenile Mind. Terrance Hayes is the author of How to Be Drawn (Penguin, 2015), a National Book Award finalist, and Lighthead (2010), winner of the 2010 National Book Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. in New York, on the sci-fi bridges and aisles In New York from a rooftop in Chinatown Nov. 30, 2010: NEW YORK POEM (Terrance Hayes) Posted on November 30, 2010 by Nim | Leave a comment. But I will not claim to know other people’s loneliness. CHAPTER XI. Her father, God rest his soul, was a Penguins fan. “That’s how I think of New York. Terrance Hayes has been named The New York Times Magazine’s new poetry editor. If you haven’t donated yet, you can check out my video and all of the member rewards here on the Gwarlingo site. What led you to fall in love with poetry? Hayes’s fourth book puts invincibly restless wordplay at the service of strong emotions: a son’s frustration, a husband’s love, a citizen’s righteous anger and a friend’s erotic jealousy animate these technically astute, even puzzlelike, lines.New York Times Someone The angle of her teeth, how much we love without loving, how little we sing while singing. Mr. Hayes teaches at CMU, and maybe he just tried his hand at short stories for fun, because he’s known as a poet. Listen to Terrance Hayes read “New York Poem” here: (If you cannot see the audio recording in your email, click here to listen on the Gwarlingo website) Gentle Measures* CHAPTER I. Nice analysis! None as big as the MacArthur, though. Some of it’s about line breaks, narrative. Well, it was bound to happen. You say, “Oh, it’s not a perfect poem, but it’s pretty good; we’ll take that.” It creates generosity if you aren’t chasing a perfect object. Read more in this below note sent to staff from magazine editor Jake Silverstein. Browse all of the Gwarlingo Sunday Poets in the Sunday Poem Index. Below, we've excerpted his "New York Poem," and talked to him about the special joys offered by poetry. I was so cute and stupid! in New York anything can happen. So there’s that. Below, we've excerpted his "New York Poem," and talked to him about the special joys offered by poetry. I love, watching the sky regret nothing but its He’s a good 6-8 inches taller than me, and he could shoot. Yes.”. writing poems about and inside and outside looking in opposite directions, I now know I love the word No It puts a new pressure on language, but that means it can also create new shapes in the language. and a son named Mary. “Language is just music without the full instrumentation,” says Terrance Hayes. What is the most important thing to do when reading a poem? is threatened by me. one of you made though the father in it looks nothing like me. TrackBack to ' by banana farmers in Belize; a mother taking refuge As buses rumbling like great, metallic caterpillars. “Gentle Measures” was the result of this special commission. “I am” “I am” all over her body: it’s got nothing to do with me. Some of my sons will wait their whole lives Those on this list for the past couple years will remember his name: he’s the author of “New York Poem” and “Ghazal-Head,” from past editions, and I’ve previously noted that he’d won several prestigious writing awards.

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