When asked what I have been up to by an acquaintance from the poetry demimonde I had not seen since before the pandemic, I mentioned Portable Bohemia and told him I write about books, film, other topics, and perhaps too much about politics and current affairs, whereupon he said, “Let it go.” I was not sure what to make of this comment and did not have the presence of mind to ask what he meant by “let it go.” Before I could gather my thoughts, another poet he knew appeared, we were introduced, and the conversation moved along to Portland poetry venues from years past:
Varieties of Resistance
When asked what I have been up to by an acquaintance from the poetry demimonde I had not seen since before the pandemic, I mentioned Portable Bohemia and told him I write about books, film, other topics, and perhaps too much about politics and current affairs, whereupon he said, “Let it go.” I was not sure what to make of this comment and did not have the presence of mind to ask what he meant by “let it go.” Before I could gather my thoughts, another poet he knew appeared, we were introduced, and the conversation moved along to Portland poetry venues from years past: