For Earth Day some things to ponder. A Poem My Love For You, Sweet Earth My love for you, sweet Earth, my mother,I cannot hide – I do not craveThe phantom pleasures of that other,That spectral world beyond the grave.O spring, the blessedness of EdenCompared to yours as nothing […]
So busy reading poetry this almost completely slipped by. It’s National Library Week!! Where would we be without our wonderful libraries and librarians. Chronicle Books have put together a lovely piece about how great libraries are. Pop on over and check it out. HERE. And when you are done, go […]
This is WONDERFUL!!!!! Beyond wonderful. Powerful words + Imagery = something almost indescribable. The filmmaker Sebastien Montaz-Rosset has taken the words of Charlotte Davies and made magic. HERE. (Make sure you have the sound on) To learn more about the Sebastien Montaz-Rosset HERE and HERE. And to read the words of the […]
Maya Angelou celebrated her birthday a few days ago (April 4) and what better way to pay tribute than by reading one of her poems? She is a powerhouse of literary merit and her written and spoken words make you stop, think and consider. Her words are chosen […]
Ballad of the Moon translated by Will Kirkland The moon came into the forge in her bustle of flowering nard. The little boy stares at her, stares. The boy is staring hard. In the shaken air the moon moves her arms, and shows lubricious and pure, her breasts of […]
A little something different. The beauty of paper seen in a different way, Looks a little like poetry, but without words. Beautiful. See many more HERE.
Poems surround us, and sometimes we do not see. Sometimes we have to look beyond the rhyming words, the follow on line, words snaking across a page. Sometimes we need to just look. And see. Book Spines. Poems for the taking. HERE. If you have any of your […]
April 3rd is the birthday of British poet George Herbert. Born in Wales (home to Dylan Thomas and Roald Dahl) in 1593 he was a metaphysical poet who wrote deeply moving poems on religion, life and love. The World Love built a stately house, where Fortune came, And spinning […]
April is National Poetry Month where we celebrate poetry and poets who craft such detailed thoughts in few words. Throughout America schools, libraries, booksellers and individuals have events and activities to highlight this wonderful form. To participate is easy – and you don’t even have to be in America! There […]
