Article Title

Review of Swimming Home, by Vincent Katz

Authors

Phillip Barron, Woodland Community CollegeFollow

Abstract

After a reading in San Francisco, I asked Katz about the significance of using the term “poetry” repeatedly throughout “Sidewalk Poem.” He answered, “poetry is about making, as much as any hand skill like carpentry or welding, but the craft of poetry is not respected.” For Charles Reznikoff and Federico Garcia Lorca, walking the streets of New York was integral to the act of writing poetry. The craft of poetry contains not only those moments when pen smears ink on paper or keyboard presses pixel on screen. Making poetry is more sensuous and active than the still, quiet moments that writing requires.

Keywords

Katz, Vincent, 1960-; Dine, Jim, 1935-; Pop art

Recommended Citation

Barron, Phillip (2016) "Review of Swimming Home, by Vincent Katz," Sophia and Philosophia: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 9.
Available at: https://repository.belmont.edu/sph/vol1/iss1/9