David’s second obsessive review of Illinois poetry introduces us to Illinois Voices.
Posts by David Wright:
Downstate poetry
![Downstate poetry](https://s51dev.smilepolitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/spoonriver.jpg)
David takes a look back at the classic Spoon River Anthology.
Vermont, vermillion and the start of a deep map
![Vermont, vermillion and the start of a deep map](https://s51dev.smilepolitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dw_flower.jpg)
Dave learns that the Green Mountains are green, but the Vermillion River isn’t red.
A river ran through it
![A river ran through it](https://s51dev.smilepolitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/union2.jpg)
Near Union and White streets in Champaign this morning:
Memory and desire
![Memory and desire](https://s51dev.smilepolitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lilacs.jpg)
David crushes some lilacs, pulls up a few weeds and summons Eliot.
The purple sword, the pesto, and the potted herbs
![The purple sword, the pesto, and the potted herbs](https://s51dev.smilepolitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/basil_leaf.jpg)
David Wright duels with nature and the idea of Nature, ending up with dirty hands and wilted basil.
Consider the toilets of the field
![Consider the toilets of the field](https://s51dev.smilepolitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Five_Toilets_In_Field.jpg)
David Wright discovers five toilets in a field, and ponders what it all means.
(In)Tending Obama’s garden
![(In)Tending Obama’s garden](https://s51dev.smilepolitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/obamacarrot.jpg)
How do you eat in place? David Wright considers the Obamas’ new garden and Michael Pollan’s manifeso for eaters.
Moving (again)
![Moving (again)](https://s51dev.smilepolitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dropped_drawers.jpg)
Champaign may refresh itself with a transient population, but moving just makes David Wright, and his friends, tired.