๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ / ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐—ถ๐—บ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ -

The stark lives of workers in 1980s Detroit, Daniels's poetry is both distant and personal, barren but resonant.

https://youtu.be/bNfejSbaVyU

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๐Ÿฏ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: โ€œ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ / ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐—ถ๐—บ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ -

Daniels's first poetry reverie on life in Detroit in the 1970s and 1980s as the auto industry slows; not commentary, but nostalgic close-ups of characters and streets, poignant in its plainness and soot.

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Verse Daily: The Holy Whispers by Jim Daniels from WHAT THE HOUSE KNOWS

Verse Daily, a quality online web anthology of poetry. A poem a day, along with our complete archives, and poem selections from the web.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ'๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: "๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ / ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—๐—ถ๐—บ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ -

Collection from Detroit-born poet Jim Daniels, one that I've been wanting to get to for a "few" years, now, especially after meeting and working with him briefly in the 1980s.

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๐—ง๐—•๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ -

A few of the books I'm reading this month!

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I'm trying to picture her swimming

The Deep End
Jim Daniels

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http://www.versedaily.org/2024/deepend.shtml

"The Deep End" by Jim Daniels from SUGAR HOUSE REVIEW

Verse Daily, a quality online web anthology of poetry. A poem a day, along with our complete archives, and poem selections from the web.