Comments on: charles p. ries | one book

By: ElizabethEarnest

ElizabethEarnest — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:58:24 +0000

I weep for talented people who are not listened to or helped to get interesting books published. I have read some of the drafts of Charles book and found it terrific. It raised so many questions about his life, his attitudes and where his persistence comes from. I guess the reward is somewhat in the creative act itself. But it would be so nice to have publication as a period at the end of project! Love you, Charles!
Lizzie

By: Barbara Fitz Vroman

Barbara Fitz Vroman — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:14:14 +0000

Charles–ah, Charles. He has become a force in the poetry world, a practioner, an advocate, an indefatigable promoter, a protestor when necessary, a lauder,
of everything associated with the poetic word. Anyone else who writes poetry
or aspires to write poetry, has reason to be grateful to Charles. I’m one of the
lucky ones to have read The Fathers We Find, and truly it does seem madness
that no one is willing to publish this fine book. The one I am waiting for is the
one where he tells about turning Muslim and dancing the dervish for awhile.
Yes, he did that too! Charles is bursting with talent. Catch his sparks!

Barbara Fitz Vroman

By: Barbara Fitz Vroman

Barbara Fitz Vroman — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:03:15 +0000

What a strange delight to see the picture of Bertolt Brecht, with such
gleaming happy dark eyes, a smile wrapped around a cigar, I never imagined
him thus. AND the poetry is marvelous in it’s depth of revealment through
simple everyday things. I want to study it and study it to see how he does that,
how the mundane is suddenly underlaid with the utmost revelations and profoundities.

Barbara Fitz Vroman

By: Angela M.

Angela M. — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:27:42 +0000

Always good/fun/etc. to read you, Charles —

By: Robert M. Zoschke

Robert M. Zoschke — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:35:11 +0000

Which piece about a MIKE was Marilyn Taylor reading? Or was she reading the Charles P. Ries piece and calling him Mike?

By: Marilyn Taylor

Marilyn Taylor — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:03:44 +0000

Splendid, Mike! Beautifully written, and a very nice photo, too. You are hereby ordered to let me know when those two new books come out!

By: Jude,hey

Jude,hey — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:18:06 +0000

The mystery goes on ~ how can this talented writer be overlooked, while Michael Perry (who is fine) is picked nearly immediately? I don’t get it …
So we just move on. Thanks for trumpeting this darn-good-writer.
J.AnnGx