Matt Potter writes about poetry and travel.https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2022/7/13/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2022/7/13/a-swim-in-a-pond-in-the-rain/Like Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, it is a largesse. (“For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”) A gift of insight and an offering of spirit — a friendship qua mentorship that proceeds more like a story than it does a how-to manual.Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/12/10/two-second-year-2019/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/12/10/two-second-year-2019/Year three of the rapid fire video diary.Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/kevin-killian-memories/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/kevin-killian-memories/Memories of the poet Kevin Killian.Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/mix-ups-in-georgia/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/mix-ups-in-georgia/For the last 5 weeks I’m been keeping a list of mix-ups.Sat, 18 May 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/lyrarakis-winery/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/lyrarakis-winery/The Lyrarakis winery champions native Cretan grapes. A private wine tasting is like nothing else.Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/running-walls-heraklion/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/running-walls-heraklion/Taking in the history of Heraklion at a slow leisurely paceTue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/navigating-knossos/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/navigating-knossos/The Ancient is all around, but Crete is not the Greek alphabetSat, 23 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/acropolis-museum/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/acropolis-museum/The scope of the museum is nearly 3000 years of one hill.Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/returning-to-athens-back-in-pangrati/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/returning-to-athens-back-in-pangrati/Testing my memory in Athens after being away for 6 years.Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2-second-year-2018/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2-second-year-2018/Year deux: Every day (almost) for a year, I took a video that was about 2 seconds long.Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2018/7/1/remembering-donald-hall/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2018/7/1/remembering-donald-hall/Sun, 01 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2018/6/28/emily-wilsons-translation-of-the-odyssey/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2018/6/28/emily-wilsons-translation-of-the-odyssey/Odysseus, the complicated hero, in a new translation by Emily Wilson.Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2-second-year-2017/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2-second-year-2017/Every day (almost) for a year, I took a video that was about 2 seconds long.Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2017/6/26/in-search-of-free-time-my-bookmark-reflection-on-proust/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2017/6/26/in-search-of-free-time-my-bookmark-reflection-on-proust/Taking a break in In Search of Lost Time to sing praise of Proust.Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/10/dz1366ax06y19adjsx815n7vpk7dqk/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/10/dz1366ax06y19adjsx815n7vpk7dqk/That we’ve broken their statues, / that we’ve driven them out of their temples, / doesn’t mean at all that the gods are dead.Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/even-and-odd-25-years-of-travel-stories/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/even-and-odd-25-years-of-travel-stories/I've pulled together 25 short (micro) stories about travel. If you can work with me on this, I'd love to share.Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/10/my-favorite-cafe-in-truckee/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/10/my-favorite-cafe-in-truckee/Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/the-news-from-cannery-row-john-steinbecks-sweet-thursday/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/the-news-from-cannery-row-john-steinbecks-sweet-thursday/Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/saturday-morning-3-poetry-books-for-a-weekend/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/saturday-morning-3-poetry-books-for-a-weekend/Sat, 18 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/no-premium-on-haste-anthony-hechts-flight-among-the-tombs/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/no-premium-on-haste-anthony-hechts-flight-among-the-tombs/Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/some-thoughts-about-wh-audens-poem-for-the-time-being/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/some-thoughts-about-wh-audens-poem-for-the-time-being/The best Auden poem you may not know.Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/dead-languages-and-ghost-towns/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/dead-languages-and-ghost-towns/Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/ae-stallings-olives/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/ae-stallings-olives/The pleasure of a phrase or one of her myriad rhymes may be what you notice first, but finishing a poem you immediately have the sense of knowledge gained, of one poem’s deliberate arrangement and assessment of a subject.Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/once-in-the-west/https://www.afternoonsufficed.com/home/2019/2/9/once-in-the-west/Personally, I kind of like it when devotional poets use naughty wordsThu, 04 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT