My dear friend Sharon knows me well. She often gifts me with things she instinctively knows I will love; tea, food, bouquets of flowers in small bottles. Proof was in the pudding when she recently handed me a lovely, adorned gift and out came a book that seemed tailor-made for me. It was tailor-made for [...]
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For She is the Tree of Life
Posted in Books, Family and friends, Poetry, tagged Andrena Zawinski, For She is the Tree of Life: Grandmothers Through the Eyes of Women Writers, Valerie Kack-Brice on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 32 Comments »
Gardener’s Prayer
Posted in Gardening, Nature/animals, Poetry, tagged Earth Day 2012, Gardener's Prayer, Karen Capek, National Poetry Month on Sunday, April 22, 2012 | 27 Comments »
Gardener’s Prayer by Karel Capek O Lord, grant that in some way it may rain every day, Say from about midnight until three o’clock in the morning, But, You see, it must be gentle and warm so that it can soak in; Grant that at the same time it would not rain on campion, alyssum, [...]
Simply put
Posted in Poetry, tagged Chin-Yee Lai, Evidence, I Want to Write Something so Simply, Mary Oliver, National Poetry Month on Sunday, April 1, 2012 | 16 Comments »
Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? For a month that begins with its first day a “fools” day, I thought I would instead give you a poem by Mary Oliver. I hope you enjoy it and that you find a few poems to read during the month of April. I Want to [...]
. . . where you are.
Posted in Poetry, tagged Going to Walden, Mary Oliver, Walden Pond on Monday, March 12, 2012 | 34 Comments »
On my library visits, I have been making it a point to bring home a book or two of poetry. Poets I know and poets I don’t find their way into my arms as I attempt to broaden my poetic horizons. Most recently, New and Selected Poems, by Mary Oliver, has been sitting at my [...]
To My Shadow
Posted in Poetry, tagged Edward Hirsch, poetry, shadows, Special Orders, To My Shadow on Monday, February 27, 2012 | 28 Comments »
To My Shadow You stand behind me at the podium, a mute accuser, and refuse to speak. Words mean nothing to you. Late, you rush ahead of me on a deserted street, a total stranger, while I hurry to catch up to you. You have the floating liquidity of a ghost who disappears around corners [...]
A little Frost
Posted in Famous and infamous, Nature/animals, Poetry, tagged A Prayer for Spring, Robert Frost on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away, As the uncertain harvest; keep us here, All simply in the springing of the year. Robert Frost – A Prayer in Spring (Now, if I could only figure out where the patch of poison ivy is that I [...]
Christmas bells
Posted in Holidays, music, Poetry, tagged Christmas Bells, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Saturday, December 25, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Christmas Bells I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Rod McKuen & Jean
Posted in 1, Books, Famous and infamous, movies, music, Poetry on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Janet and I had just exchanged a few comments on poetry and Rod McKuen came up. If it had not been for that, I might have put the book back in the box and moved on. I was looking for a picture of my great-aunt. Instead of the picture the book popped out of the [...]
National Poetry Month
Posted in 1, Poetry on Monday, April 12, 2010 | 11 Comments »
www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/98 Did you know it was National Poetry Month? I didn’t realize it until a few days ago. I enjoy poetry, but, it needs to be read aloud to be fully enjoyed, don’t you agree? I did not like the poetry poster for this year’s celebration. This one is of a dress of Emily Dickenson’s. [...]
Galoshes
Posted in Poetry on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Galoshes Susie’s galoshes Make splishes and sploshes And slooshes and sloshes As Susie steps slowly Along in the slush. They stamp and they tramp On the ice and concrete, They get stuck in the muck and the mud; But Susie likes much best to hear The slippery slush As it slooshes and sloshes, And splishes [...]
