Feb 4, 2020
Sitting on the porch, I’ll believe in anything. That we are better than we are. That we might find better ways to want to be.”
Christopher DeWeese, from “The Field,” The Father of the Arrow is the Thought (Octopus Books, 2012)
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Sitting on the porch, I’ll believe in anything. That we are better than we are. That we might find better ways to want to be.”
Christopher DeWeese, from “The Field,” The Father of the Arrow is the Thought (Octopus Books, 2012)
and yes, I am kelp: a gasp of fingers, maybe
It turns around itself, the sea, and the years are me, and yes, I am kelp: a gasp of fingers, maybe, but never past the buoy, where the tide is always, the gulls stop laughing, and drowning men don’t bother to cry for help.
—Christopher DeWeese, from “The Tide.” Boston Review: Boston Review’s 20 Top Poems of 2014. December 31, 2014.
When this book arrived in my mailbox, I spent several minutes simply savoring the feel of the book in my hand, its slightly wider-than-average dimensions, the pleasant heft of its pages. I noticed how the surface area of the book is blue, but not the darker blues—royal or navy—that we might associate with words like “father” and “arrow” and “thought.” The nouns in the title belong to the realm of the traditionally masculine, yet the words themselves are printed in bold pink (something subtly subversive here, I muse), centered at the true midpoint of the page against a delicate, robin’s egg background.
Julie Marie Wade reviews The Father Of The Arrow Is The Thought by Christopher Deweese.
To celebrate DeWeese DeWeek, Christopher DeWeese reads “The Atmosphere,” the first poem from The Father of the Arrow is the Thought, in a wind tunnel at the mall. You can celebrate DeWeese DeWeek by watching him do it. And then by pre-ordering the book and reading it in your own wind tunnel at your own mall, or wherever. If you pre-order the book this week, you’ll get free stuff.
DeWeese DeWeek is finally here!
Next week’s release of Chistopher DeWeese’s second book, The Father of the Arrow is the Thought, is making us crazy down here at Octopus Books. We’re offering insane daily deals if you pre-order the book this week. Like:
MONDAY: Money Back Monday! Every purchase can be returned for a full refund if you don’t like it. AND every 8th buyer gets the entire Octopus Books catalog for free. TUESDAY: Every buyer gets Everyone Here by Cecily Iddings and Via Dissimulata by Marisol Limon Martinez for free. WEDNESDAY: Every buyer gets The Difficult Farm and The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle for free. THURSDAY: Every buyer gets a copy of the book signed with a personal note from the author, AND a free copy of The Black Forest. FRIDAY: Try Day Friday! Every purchase can be returned for a full refund if you don’t like it. AND a letter-pressed Wong May broadside for free. Also, Christopher DeWeese is taking over the Octopus Books twitter account all week, so tune in. Tweet your favorite lines of his poems at him, ask him questions, etc. Use the hashtag #DeWeeseDeWeek.
Spread the word. Tell your friends. Pre-order is the new order.
DeWeese DeWeek is finally here!
Next week’s release of Chistopher DeWeese’s second book, The Father of the Arrow is the Thought, is making us crazy down here at Octopus Books. We’re offering insane daily deals if you pre-order the book this week. Like:
MONDAY: Money Back Monday! Every purchase can be returned for a full refund if you don’t like it. AND every 8th buyer gets the entire Octopus Books catalog for free. TUESDAY: Every buyer gets Everyone Here by Cecily Iddings and Via Dissimulata by Marisol Limon Martinez for free. WEDNESDAY: Every buyer gets The Difficult Farm and The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle for free. THURSDAY: Every buyer gets a copy of the book signed with a personal note from the author, AND a free copy of The Black Forest. FRIDAY: Try Day Friday! Every purchase can be returned for a full refund if you don’t like it. AND a letter-pressed Wong May broadside for free. Also, Christopher DeWeese is taking over the Octopus Books twitter account all week, so tune in. Tweet your favorite lines of his poems at him, ask him questions, etc. Use the hashtag #DeWeeseDeWeek.
Spread the word. Tell your friends. Pre-order is the new order.
How We Got Here Against the Constant Wheat
Hours repeat their work. They bleach the evil blooms, dust the field in tinder. If there is a wind tithing through the corn again, they make it spirit, measuring the seasonal reenactment of how we got here against the constant wheat. Like distant trains, the stars help us move closer to what tiny faith lurks within our breathing. Migration’s old tambourines wave beneath the singing. Sitting on the…
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