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Weekly Poem: 'White Song'

Posted by Arts Desk , May 26, 2009

By J. Michael Martinez

'White Song' by J. Michael Martinez

J. Michael Martinez was born and raised in Greeley, Colo. He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and received an M.F.A. from George Mason University. His poems have appeared in New American Writing, Five Fingers Review, the Colorado Review and Crab Orchard Review, among others, and the anthology "Junta: Avant-Garde Latino/a Writing." In 2009, Martinez's collection "Heredities" was selected by Juan Felipe Herrera for the Academy of American Poets' Walt Whitman Award, and will be published by Louisiana State University Press. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Comments

Posted:
05/26/09 at
10:39 PM

Margaret Yocom : What a great pleasure to hear Michael reading one of my favorite poems of his. Thank you for including his fine work on the Arts Beat site. I'm looking forward to his book! Prof. Margaret Yocom, George Mason University.
Posted:
05/27/09 at
05:59 AM

Jennifer : A stunning poem! Full of lyric lushness, intellectual daring, and emotional commitment--- and reserve.
Posted:
05/27/09 at
08:33 PM

Whatev : law school. med school. do something worthwhile with intellect. mental masturbation bad. socially useless. narcissistic. come out of the cocoon. actually help others. law school. med school. do it.
Posted:
11/18/09 at
12:38 PM

John : "White Song" is such a beautiful poem. I love its rhythm and play with line. Think it over, though: You should go to law school so you can learn how argue over a semicolon in a document, or med school so you can learn how to push drugs on patients who don't need it. Who cares if you enrich American culture with the beauty of your work?

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