Tag Archives: Gray Jacobik

Further Thoughts on Memoir in Poetry

Posted on October 19, 2011 by admin

(Michel Perkins has told me that every single “I” in his book, Carpe Diem: New and Selected Poems, is a different person. Yet readers, myself included, would assume that Michael is offering his own wisdom under his “I.” He is, … Continue reading →

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Gray Jacobik’s “Little Boy Blue”

Posted on August 9, 2011 by admin

Is poetry true? That has been an awkward question since my poems sound so autobiographical. I often start with memories then freely invent to round out a story that would be only a fragment if I stuck to the journalistic … Continue reading →

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