The Heart’s Many Doors

134 Pages·2017·2.363 MB·English

by  Richard Jackson

Poetry inspires art,
art inspires poetry:
a double ekphrasis
squares the circle.

The Heart’s Many Doors: American Poets Respond to Metka Krašovec’s Images
Responding to Emily Dickinson © 2017 by Wings Press.
All rights revert to the artist and individual authors.
Cover image: “Triple Mirror” © 1992 by Metka Krašovec.
Painting, 145 x 160 cm. Interior drawings, 2010-12, by Metka Krašovec.
Drawings 12.5 x 18 cm. All art used by permission of the artist.
ISBN: 978-1-60940-536-6 (paperback original)
E-books:
ePub: 978-1-60940-537-3
Mobipocket/Kindle: 978-1-60940-538-0
Library PDF: 978-1-60940-539-7
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jackson, Richard, 1946- editor. | Kraésovec, Metka, 1941- illustrator.
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
Title: The heart’s many doors : American poets respond to Metka
Kraésovec’s images responding to Emily Dickinson / edited by Richard Jackson.
Description: San Antonio, Texas : Wings Press, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016043986 | ISBN 9781609405366 (paperback) | ISBN 9781609405380
(kindle/mobipocket ebook) | ISBN 9781609405397 (library pdf) | ISBN 9781609405373 (ePub)
Subjects: LCSH: American poetry--21st century. | Art--Poetry. |
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Kraésovec, Metka, 1941--Poetry. |
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Poetry. | BISAC: POETRY / American / General. | ART / European.
LCC PS595.A75 H44 2017
DDC 811/.6080357--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016043986
CONTENTS
Introduction
THE HEART HAS MANY DOORS
Ralph Angel
Mark Halliday
Mary Ruefle
Barbara Siegel Carlson
Olivia Townsend
Richard Jackson
Leslie Ullman
Mark Cox
Nance Van Winckel
A WOUNDED DEER LEAPS HIGHEST
Ralph Angel
Dara Wier
David Rivard
Phillis Levin
Dean Young
Leslie Ullman
Richard Jackson
HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS
Ralph Angel
Nance Van Winckel
William Olsen
Nancy Eimers
David Rivard
Leslie Ullman
Hunter Hobbs
Richard Jackson
Laura Behr
THERE IS A SOLITUDE OF SPACE
Ralph Angel
David Rivard
William Olsen
Cathy Wagner
Richard Jackson
Earl Sherman Braggs
William Pitt Root
Emilia Phillips
Christopher Buckley
Trenna Sharpe
THE HEART ASKS PLEASURE FIRST
Ralph Angel
Mark Jarman
Pam Uschuk
Richard Jackson
Leslie Ullman
Alex Martin
Susan Thomas
LOVE THOU ART VEILED
Ralph Angel
Dean Young
Richard Jackson
Alex Martin
Danielle Hanson
Ann Manning
Cody Taylor
NO RACK CAN TORTURE ME
Ralph Angel
Dara Wier
Richard Jackson
Leslie Ullman
Chad Prevost
Brittney Carneal
Bryce Milligan
I’VE SEEN A DYING EYE
Ralph Angel
Chad Prevost
Chris Merrill
Richard Jackson
Chad Prevost
Matthew Zapruder
Pam Uschuk
Bryce Milligan
I MEASURE EVERY GRIEF I MEET
Ralph Angel
David Wojahn
Earl Sherman Braggs
Bradley Paul
David Rivard
Deborah Brown
Richard Jackson
Leslie Ullman
SAFE DESPAIR IS IT THAT RAVES
Ralph Angel
Mark Halliday
William Olen
Richard Jackson
Pam Uschuk
Josh Mensch
Ata Moharerri
THEY SAY THAT TIME ASSUAGES
Ralph Angel
Dara Wier
Leslie Ullman
J Allyn Rosser
Bradley Paul
Bill Rasmovicz
Richard Jackson
Jordan Culotta
About the Artist
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Metka
Tomaž Šalamun
A fragment of a living heart is not like a flat
Wafer, and not as white.
Through a clear glass I am watching limousines.
About lacquer! No mas! No mas!
The most fragile springs live to see
The day, even when blessed with the sea’s saltiness.
And fish who use enormous
Waters just to be able to swim:
Snow melts only in the mountains.
The holy spirit springs from there
To gather waiting for you, that
water which will lead him to the sea.
Translated by Richard Jackson