April is National Poetry Month when the Academy of American Poets helps us to stop and take note, appreciate and discover poetry. Throughout American poetry is celebrated with readings, events, activities for students, encouragement to write your own poetry and it ends with Poem in Your Pocket Day (April 30). […]
Thy soul shall find itself alone ’Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone; Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into thine hour of secrecy. Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness — for then The spirits of the dead, who stood In life before thee, are […]
As today marks the 100 year anniversary of the start of World War I, I thought it was appropriate to share a poem by Wilfred Owen who was an English soldier and poet. Just take a moment to think back to what those men went through and how […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wow. 500. What a milestone. This is my 500th post and I am proud of it. I look around my blog and you always think you have more than you really have. But 500 – WOW! What a nice, big, round, beautiful, BIG, number. I am so proud of myself. […]
Poetry, poetry everywhere Does it always have to rhyme? No, say the English teachers Without it you’ll be fine. Oops, sorry. With reading so much poetry it is difficult not to slip into it occasionally. Only a few more days are left of April and while you know that you […]
National Poetry Month is almost over, but one of the loveliest parts of it is tomorrow. Did you know April 26 is Poem In Your Pocket Day? Who knew? And what a great idea! To get an overview Here. And if you are shy and need suggestions, or a little […]
As April is Poetry Month and Earth Day is celebrated the library makes life easy to be relevant and displays books on what is current. If you want to find something new and fresh that is the place to go. So, while perusing the display (in the children’s section – […]
Yesterday, on Earth Day, we had our own personal moment with nature. It involved a tiny mouse, a field mouse in fact. And one rather cunning cat who, despite looking like an enormous ball of fluff, is a most devious hunter. There was […]
freddy the rat perishes listen to me there have been some doings here since last i wrote there has been a battle behind that rusty typewriter cover in the corner you remember freddy the rat well freddy is no more but he died […]
Daffodils I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the […]
My Angel by David Mendez-Yapkowitz My sweet beautiful angel. Sent to me from above. I am so grateful to have found you, and I give you all my love. You must have come from heaven, because you have pretty little angel eyes. When you gaze at me with them, my […]
Meeting the Easter Bunny On Easter morn at early dawn before the cocks were crowing I met a bob-tail bunnykin and asked where he was going. “Tis in the house and out the house a-tispy, tipsy-toeing, Tis round the house and ’bout the house a-lightly I am going.” “But what […]
