Waiting For The Sun

We have watched from our windows as the gray skies become a permanent backdrop to late spring and early summer. This year, Seattle’s weather is giving the landscape poem new meaning. Those rolling hills are greener and wetter than usual and the movement everywhere is slower than expected  — we’re still wearing sweaters, taking baths and bracing hot drinks. And certainly no one’s racing to the park or evening BBQ’s! Yeah, it’s a bummer. One thing we can do — weather notwithstanding — is enjoy some poetry from a couple of scribes who understand what it’s like to be controlled by nature.

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We Could Try French Politics

It’s primary day here in South Carolina. Make way for the midterms. Once upon a time we might have been a senator, the thought of which is spectacular: “The Great Senator from South Carolina now has the floor.” However, had we ever actually entered politics, our college and young adult activities would’ve ended our dream by providing plenty of ammunition to bloggers (not that a pro-choice, pro-union, atheist, pro-same-sex marriage limousine liberal would ever have a chance in the Palmetto State). Perhaps literary bloggers would give us a chance? Just in case, here are some links to garner their support. Every opinion must be considered, but flat characters in Faulkner’s Light In August? Bilateralism abounds in our sharing with you an Asylum review of Tony and Susan. Sure, every politician has their sport; ours will run on the poetry of British soccer star George Best. Violet Crush reviews a memoir of a Pakistani at odds with his Islamic faith — a topic that never fails to inspire American political theater. Finally, if you’re going to vote for Dark Sky in 2010, all we ask is that you keep an open mind when it comes to William Maxwell. — Andrew Geer