Al Filreis is the Kelly Professor of English,
Director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, and Faculty
Director at Kelly Writers House / University of Pennsylvania. He’s also crafted
a fabulous ModPo – Modern &
Contemporary American Poetry – series you can follow on YouTube. You can tell
Al Filreis must be a great teacher by the extemporaneous flow of his insights
as he discusses poetry with others. The
ModPo Live Webcasts are great to watch—I so appreciate how its participants
take poetry … seriously. Last but not least, I do appreciate his citation of
the hay(na)ku -- about 22 minutes into THIS VIDEO per
“Eileen Tabios’ edition – 15th year anniversary edition of these remarkable hay(na)kus that she’s been promoting. I think Eileen Tabios is doing kinda her version of ModPo by assembling communities of people who are writing in an accessible form, and this is a great thing.”
Btw, I chuckled over his pronunciation of
“hay(na)ku”—he says “hay” as in what we toss at the horses to eat. I’ve always
thought it as “hai” as in haiku. But you know what I’ve always intended about
the hay(na)ku—variations are welcome and all are acceptable.
Salamat
Al Filreis
For your vision.
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