The heart's many doors: American poets respond to Metka Krašovec's images responding to Emily Dickinson

130 Pages·2017·12.521 MB·English

by  Dickinson, Emily;Jackson, Richard;Krašovec, Metka

The Heart ’s

Many Doors
American Poets Respond
to Metka Krašovec’s Images
Responding to Emily Dickinson
Edited by Richard Jackson
San Antonio, Texas
2017
Poetry inspires art,
art inspires poetry:
a double ekphrasis
squares the circle.
The Heart ’s

Many Doors
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- illus-
trator.
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 (paper-
back) | 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 xi

THE HEART HAS MANY DOORS
Ralph Angel 1
Mark Halliday 2
Mary Ruefle 3
Barbara Siegel Carlson 4
Olivia Townsend 5
Richard Jackson 6
Leslie Ullman 7
Mark Cox 8
Nance Van Winckel 9
A WOUNDED DEER LEAPS HIGHEST
Ralph Angel 11
Dara Wier 12
David Rivard 13
Phillis Levin 14
Dean Young 15
Leslie Ullman 16
Richard Jackson 17
HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS
Ralph Angel 19
Nance Van Winckel 20
William Olsen 21
Nancy Eimers 22
David Rivard 23
Leslie Ullman 24
Hunter Hobbs 25
Richard Jackson 26
Laura Behr 27
THERE IS A SOLITUDE OF SPACE
Ralph Angel 29
David Rivard 30
William Olsen 32
Cathy Wagner 33
Richard Jackson 34
Earl Sherman Braggs 35
William Pitt Root 36
Emilia Phillips 37
Christopher Buckley 39
Trenna Sharpe 41
THE HEART ASKS PLEASURE FIRST
Ralph Angel 43
Mark Jarman 44
Pam Uschuk 45
Richard Jackson 46
Leslie Ullman 47
Alex Martin 48
Susan Thomas 49
LOVE THOU ART VEILED
Ralph Angel 51
Dean Young 52
Richard Jackson 53
Alex Martin 54
Danielle Hanson 55
Ann Manning 56
Cody Taylor 57
NO RACK CAN TORTURE ME
Ralph Angel 59
Dara Wier 60
Richard Jackson 61
Leslie Ullman 62
Chad Prevost 63
Brittney Carneal 64
Bryce Milligan 65
I’VE SEEN A DYING EYE
Ralph Angel 67
Chad Prevost 68
Chris Merrill 69
Richard Jackson 70
Chad Prevost 71
Matthew Zapruder 72
Pam Uschuk 76
Bryce Milligan 77
I MEASURE EVERY GRIEF I MEET
Ralph Angel 79
David Wojahn 80
Earl Sherman Braggs 82
Bradley Paul 83
David Rivard 84
Deborah Brown 85
Richard Jackson 86
Leslie Ullman 87
SAFE DESPAIR IS IT THAT RAVES
Ralph Angel 89
Mark Halliday 90
William Olen 91
Richard Jackson 93
Pam Uschuk 94
Josh Mensch 95
Ata Moharerri 97
THEY SAY THAT TIME ASSUAGES
Ralph Angel 99
Dara Wier 100
Leslie Ullman 101
J Allyn Rosser 102
Bradley Paul 103
Bill Rasmovicz 104
Richard Jackson 106
Jordan Culotta 107

About the Artist 108
About the Editor 110
About the Contributors 111
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