Can you mix poetry, science, and humor, not only in one poetry collection but in most of the poems of that collection?
In Incompleteness Theory: Poems, poet Danelle Lejeune shows not only that it can be done, but that it can be done successfully. The first poem in her new chapbook has a title that may be my favorite poem title of the year: “Scientists Found Ripples in Space and Time And You Have to Buy Groceries.” That humming universe, she says, is really that broken hot water heater.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Thursday Readings
“Hamlet,” poem by Boris Pasternak – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.
Metanoia – poem by Caroline Liberatore at Rabbit Room Poetry.
They’ve Stopped Playing – poem by Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.
“The Rolling English Road,” poem by G.K. Chesterton – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
The Well of Stars – poem by Davud Whyte.
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