Joel SmithShow, Don’t TellSo the seer spoke as untroubled he held his all-bronze shield. No symbol was fixed to his shield’s circle. For he does not wish to appear…Sep 6, 2016Sep 6, 2016
Joel SmithA Lyric VirtueDespite a volley of rhetoric over the last three centuries, our lives still stretch into dark places. What I mean to say is that our lives…Sep 1, 2016Sep 1, 2016
Joel SmithFinding ConsolationOn the Nobel Prize website, one can find an enchanting, one-minute video of the St. Lucian poet laureate, Derek Walcott, reading a poem…Sep 1, 2016Sep 1, 2016
Joel SmithNotes on The Solipsism of the Prophet-Novelist in RothPhilip Roth’s pseudo-autobiographical character, Nathan Zuckerman, probably cannot teach us a great deal about life. Roth’s work, while…Sep 1, 2016Sep 1, 2016
Joel SmithOn Working“Measure the days you have left. / Do just that labour which marries / your heart to your right hand” Omeros, Derek WalcottSep 30, 2014Sep 30, 2014