Category Archives: Poetry

Emily Dickinson Palimpsest

Posted on April 8, 2016 by dhadbawnik

Because I could not stop for Death I texted my friend Marcie To grab him and we hooked up later At Club Immortality. We slow-danced — grooving To a soft tune That made us sway until It jammed hard, Suddenly– … Continue reading →

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Spenser palimpsest

Posted on April 7, 2016 by dhadbawnik

One day I carved her name upon the stall Door, but the janitor painted over it; So I wrote it on a different wall But some wise guy drew a giant arrow With the note, “Nice piece of ass!” Pointing … Continue reading →

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Dylan Thomas Palimpsest

Posted on April 5, 2016 by dhadbawnik

Don’t go quietly with those “good” cops. Raise arms and they might shoot you dead; beware at even “routine” traffic stops. Wise guys know when something “pops” to duck and run, cover their heads; they don’t go quietly with those … Continue reading →

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From Book VII, Aeneid, for #WhanthatAprilleDay16

Posted on April 1, 2016 by dhadbawnik

The wrath of Juno and her last-ditch plan to stop Aeneas, from book VII, lines 308-12. (I just realized I say Juno’s angry about Aeneas reaching Troy; obviously, I should’ve said “Italy.” But it was such a pain uploading this … Continue reading →

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It’s been a while…

Posted on February 20, 2016 by dhadbawnik

SO: I’ve been feeling pretty overwhelmed for the past six to eight months, what with the move overseas and beginning as an assistant professor of English at American University of Kuwait. My attention to this blog was already pretty sparse … Continue reading →

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Against Progress: Pastoral and Innovation in Medieval and Renaissance Poetry

Posted on June 30, 2015 by dhadbawnik

A Roundtable at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI, May 12-15, 2016. Abandon then the base and viler clowne, Lyft up they selfe out of the lowly dust: And sing of bloody Mars, of wars, of … Continue reading →

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Pastoral Sketches

Posted on April 30, 2015 by dhadbawnik

A loose “dystranslation” of one of Virgil’s Eclogues, which I’ve been playing around with this month. Licorice I. “My love’s run off with a beat cop” goes the cry from Gallus and everyone gathers round to listen even the bees … Continue reading →

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