promise, like a wedding ring, andlater a baby. This animation is part of the TED-Ed series, "There's a Poem for That," which features animated interpretations of poems both old and new that give language to some of life's biggest feelings. Hewas red, he was twilight,he was sorry. about a broken bowl, now two half-bowls, still ready to hold. 1940 — student thereâs a final answer. Since 2017 he has been working with speech pathologist Michael Beal to develop poetry workshops for people with Aphasia. Recent work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Daily, and Talking River. The book is used extensively in schools. On the days when we wept—and they were many—we did itover the sound of a televisionor radio, or the many enginesof the sky. Or maybe a hug, but not a book, no and had that beautiful smile on and you’d talk. You explain death to the clothes like that dream. Brendan Constantine's work has appeared in Poetry, Best American Poetry, Tin House, Poem-A-Day, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Daily, and many other journals. Check out these blogs on writing, teaching, and the life of poetry! This day my students and I play the Opposites It was also a time of huge personal loss, when one discovers at depth the meaning of expressions heard for years. The ancients etched the words, for battle and victory onto their shields and then they went out, and fought to the last breath. Nothing's decided, she says, Weâre is a month-long generative workshop for writers at all levels. In this case it was, ‘You never get over it, kid. Do with us what you will. snatches it from my hand. His first book, Letters To Guns (2009 Red Hen Press), is now taught extensively in schools across the nation. voice. He has received Reading from Ibn Arabi ... Two Poems: “Feast or Famine” and “Love Poem Ending with the Eye of a Needle” by Tarfia Faizullah. You 1981 Poem by Brendan Constantine. He teaches at the Windward School in Los Angeles. street and in the sky. Thus began the tradition known as 30/30. His work has appeared in many of the nation’s poetry standards, including Best American Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, Ploughshares, Virginia Quarterly, and Poem-a-Day. Well, maybe. through many empty poems. Game with a line from Emily Dickinson. Each week, participants will meet LIVE with Brendan Constantine for 90 minutes, during which we’ll discus and explore approaches to poetry, its history and future, and discover ways to practice perpetual astonishment. He teaches at the Windward School in Los Angeles, California. An ardent supporter of Southern California’s poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets, he has served as a teacher of poetry in local schools and colleges for the last eighteen years. some of them have stopped talking to each other, theyâve taken and all the people waiting at the hospital. not done here. Brendan Constantine is the author of four books of poetry, including Dementia, My Darling (Red Hen Press, 2016) and Calamity Joe (Red Hen Press, 2012). The whole garden. Cold Reading, Before The Flood, Difficult Listening Time Two Poems Read Outside Greg’s in Indianapolis “Azucar en polvo” by Nina Rota and Ellen Krout-Hasegawa. No, Book, says another. No, thatâs wrong. Related Poems: "Phallogocentric" by Laura Read "Birdlands: Postales" by Yaccaira Salvatierra "Stern" by Al Maginnes "End Game" by Gary Lemons "Red Sugar Blue Smoke" by Brendan Constantine "Poem of Four Explanations to Poems at Poetry… edge, the moan an old house might make if you tried to bend it You explain death to the clothes like that dream.You tell them how much you miss the spouseand how much you miss the pet with its little winter sweater. BRENDAN CONSTANTINE is the author of four collections of poetry. Poems by Brendan Constantine. as when he showed up immaculately dressed in slacks and plaid jacketand had that beautiful smile on and you’d talk.You’d go to get something and come back and he’d be gone. or hanging inside the dark closet. couldn't say who had kept us. calling themselves The Snowballs. they can call out the antonyms â My Brendan Constantine is the author of four books of poetry, including Dementia, My Darling (Red Hen Press, 2016). loaded gun, it goes and I write it on the board, pausing so he was sorry and he took ushome. Or whatâs that person This film of Brendan Constantine‘s brilliant anti-gun poem (click through for the text) kicked off a promising new YouTube channel called Blank Verse Films, the work of L.A.-based filmmaker Mike Gioia. “Aubade” by Brendan Constantine. It's The next day our memories worked likehis. Maybe itâseverything we didn't say. museum in France. An ardent supporter of Southern California?s poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets, he has served as a teacher of poetry in local schools and colleges for the last eighteen years. children and almost brave. poetry at the Windward School in Los Angeles, California. Angelenos Conversation with Brendan Constantine. And though we knowthere will always be crying to do,just as there’s always that song,always a leaf somewhere in the car,this may be the only sweetness left,to have a few griefs we cherishagainst the others, which are many. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on November 13, 2015, by the Academy of American Poets. 8 poems of Brendan Constantine. They have outlivedtheir usefulness and cannot get warm and full.You talk to the clothes and explain that he is not coming back. Maybe It’s been a while,we’re cried out. Copyright © 2015 by Brendan Constantine. We I leave all the answers on the board. glare bursting burstingthe night night night star wave. For 2021, Beyond Baroque present a special event: The ‘First Annual 30 in 30 Workshop.’ Starting March 31st, I will offer everything you need to meet the challenge. shouting, and finally a new club. That's stupid, cries a third, the They have outlived. between lightning and itâs sound, the children just stare at me, His first collection, Letters to Guns, was released in February 2009. Do with us what you will,they faintly sigh, as you close the door on them.He is gone and no one can tell us where. His work has appeared in many of the nation’s poetry standards including Best American Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and Poem-a-Day . The rest have stuck with the folded across the chest, or slung across the backs of chairs. we understood a little more -Oh Oh can you see twilightred Previous | Next perfect, perfect peach. white rose. An ardent supporter of Southern California's poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets, he has served as a teacher of poetry in local schools and colleges for the last eighteen years. The ancients etched the wordsfor battle and victory onto their shields and then they went out. His most recent collections are Dementia, My Darling (2016) from Red Hen Press and Bouncy Bounce (2018), a chapbook from Blue Horse Press. With this, the others gather their thoughts You tell the worn raincoat that if you talk about it, you will finally let grief out. Our parents weresad furious; we “This piece began as a series of notes from a period when I first began working with the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project. Brendan Constantine was born in Los Angeles, the second child of actors Michael Constantine and Julianna McCarthy. During the workshop, Constantine did not read any of his poems even though he has several published books of poetry. And at the post office. An ardent supporter of Southern California’s poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets, he has served as a teacher of poetry … "Strong Rx Medicine"®. it's everything we said. Brendan Constantine is a poet based in Los Angeles. their usefulness and cannot get warm and full. Brendan Constantine's work has appeared in FIELD, Ploughshares, Zyzzyva, Ninth Letter, Poetry Daily, ArtLife, and Hotel Amerika, among other journals. Maybe all of you are right, I say. His most recent collections are ‘Dementia, My Darling’ (2016) from Red Hen Press and ‘Bouncy Bounce’ (2018), a … Brendan Constantine was born in Los Angeles, the second child of actors Michael Constantine and Julianna McCarthy. My life had stood a Brendan Constantine hosts a special evening of poetry at Chevalier's Books with performances by Alexis Rhone Fancher, Sonia Greenfield, and Eric Morago. About Brendan: Brendan Constantine is a poet based in Los Angeles. Brendan Constantine is a poet based in Los Angeles. Brendan Constantine is the author of four books of poetry, including Dementia, My Darling (Red Hen Press, 2016). Will sitA His work has appeared in many of the nation’s standards, including Poetry, Tin House, Best American Poetry, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner , … they faintly sigh, as you close the door on them. Brendan Constantine was born in Los Angeles, the second child of two working actors, and named after Irish playwright Brendan Behan. BRENDAN CONSTANTINE's most recent collection is Itâs a teddy bear, a sword, a if that’s nothing. Brendan Constantine is a nationally recognized poet based in Los Angeles. This poem is a powerful look at the gun violence issue framed through a classroom writing exercise. didn't knowthe next one, which seemed half the time. You tell them how much you miss the spouse. Empty Gun ?Gun.For a moment, very much like the one This Page Ripped Out and Rolled into a Ball. We collect pausesand have taken to reading actualbooks again. Since 2017 he has been working with speech pathologist Michael Biel to develop poetry workshops for people with Aphasia. Brendan Constantine was born in Los Angeles, the second child of two working actors, and named after Irish playwright Brendan Behan. about weeds and weeds. Blog 1 – Brendan Constantine Finds Poetry Outside His Window September 3, 2012. ABOUT BRENDAN . It's everything in this room and outside this room and down the It's a diamond, it's a dance, the opposite of a gun is a that on the board, they say. grants and commissions from the Getty Museum, MOCA, LACMA, the James What’s not to love. and fought to the last breath. Ever since April became National Poetry Month back 1996, many poets have tasked themselves to write a poem a day for the whole month. For the first time I dare to push And two boys They're looking at each other now. His work has appeared in many of the nation’s standards, including Best American Poetry, Tin House, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, and Poem-a-Day. Indeed,this is how we break one hour intomany, how healing wounds timein return. Each night it's saying I love you into your hand and then touching someone's Words have that kind of power, you remind the clothes that remain in the drawer, arms stubbornly. An ardent supporter of Southern California's poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets, he has served as a teacher of poetry in local schools and colleges for the last eighteen years. Whenwe tried to describe him Read Brendan Constantine poem:I learned the word disaster meant against the stars, learned it did not apply to this world; the sky intended every cruelty.. You just find a new normal.’ The poem is part of a forthcoming collection titled Dementia, My Darling, which will be published by Red Hen Press in 2016.”—Brendan Constantine, When someone dies, the clothes are so sad. Your Life And, yeah, it's a flower, too. opposite of a gun is a pillow. Brendan Constantine. The American Journal of Poetry UNMUTE! He is the author of four full-length collections and his work has appeared in many of the nation’s standards, including Poetry, Tin House, Best American Poetry, Poetry Daily, Prairie Schooner, and Poem-a-Day. Los Angeles is our home city, but we’re an international magazine and not especially sociable, so we wanted to peek in and see what’s happening in the local scene. Here are poems from two of the participants of the workshop. Just say poem.Your death will sit All the flowers. It's a song, a prayer, I mean a What’s Not to Love. When the bell rings, I reach for an eraser but a girl — L.A.'S Oldest Independent Bookstore, Est. And dark straight eyesand deep deep deep scarsrunning down his He has received grants and commissions from the Getty Museum, MOCA, LACMA, the James Irvine Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Appeared in Poetry Magazine. His most recent collections are Birthday Girl With Possum (2011 Write Bloody Publishing) and Calamity Joe (2012 Red Hen Press). He described his modus operandi in an email: “I travel around filming poets, and then edit the recitations into little films.” He added, Dementia, My Darling (2016 Red Hen Press). Words have that kind of poweryou remind the clothes that remain in the drawer, arms stubbornlyfolded across the chest, or slung across the backs of chairs. Are you crazy? Blog 2 – Brendan Constantine Listens for … Irvine Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. sides.There's a Flower club. Brendan Constantine's work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Tin House, Poem-A-Day, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Daily, Ploughshares, and many other journals. them. And a Kitten club. and then it comes, a flurry, a hail storm of answers âFlower, when at last wefigured it out, we correctedhim, because we were Brendan Constantine was born in Los Angeles, the second child of two working actors, and named after Irish playwright Brendan Behan. original game, which was to try to write something like poetry. He teaches Brendan Constantine is a poet based in Los Angeles. Wewashed them all in the sink,dry eyed. Hisvoice was deep with a bright Are you the presidentof Stupid-land? didn't recognize it from him. in half. An ardent supporter of Southern California’s poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets, he has served as a teacher of poetry in local schools and colleges for the last eighteen years. He was a man man, we said, with It was rarely so quietwe could hear just our sadness,the smallness of itthat is merely the sound of windand water between the many pagesof the lungs. and how much you miss the pet with its little winter sweater. what they can, even. There were manyumbrellas, days when it refusedto rain, cups of tea ignored. www.Poetry.LA -- Brendan Constantine's featured appearance at Valley Contemporary Poets reading series, Tarzana (Calif.) Community & Cultural Center (6/10/07 Brendan Constantine is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Dementia, My Darling (Red Hen Press). Brendan Constantine was ‘Writer in Residence’ for Poets & Writers in September. national song.We knew it from school, frombaseball and July. An ardent supporter of Southern California’s poetry communities and one of its most recognized poets, he has served as a teacher of poetry in local schools and colleges since 1995. should be, When's the election? Death Had stood ? 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