“If I have any secret stash of poems, anywhere, it might be about love, not anger.” – Mary Oliver Mary Oliver, one of my very favorite poets, has already graced us with a wonderful bounty of beautiful poems about the natural world and the joy of being alive in it. In her latest collection, she finally is… Continue reading Felicity by Mary Oliver
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Dog Songs by Mary Oliver
I like to offer up a few of my favorite poems from poetry collections, rather than try to “review” them. I’ve just finished the wonderful Dog Songs, by Mary Oliver, and it’s a bit different from her other collections. She is so good at capturing the joy of quietly observing the natural world around us… Continue reading Dog Songs by Mary Oliver
National Poetry Month
Isn’t the month of April lovely? Not only is it the month where we shed off winter completely and start to smell new life in the air, it’s also National Poetry Month. Springtime and poetry go so well together, don’t you think? One of the very best poets to help us appreciate the splendor of… Continue reading National Poetry Month
Bouquet of Red Flags by Taylor Mali
“A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.” – Taylor Mali Bouquet of Red Flags is Taylor Mali’s third collection of poetry, and I bought it as soon as it came out at the end of last year.… Continue reading Bouquet of Red Flags by Taylor Mali
Blue Horses by Mary Oliver
It’s hard to review a book of poetry. Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets, and I discovered her work a few years ago by picking up one of her books in a bookstore and opening to random pages and reading her poems. (That’s how I have discovered most every poet that I like.)… Continue reading Blue Horses by Mary Oliver
Billy Collins at Strand
Lovely evening at a Billy Collins reading at Strand. On whether or not he’ll ever write prose: “No.” … “No one asks prose writers if they’ll ever write poetry.” … “Poetry is a bird, prose is a potato.” PS – My blog is back up, after a several month struggle/confusion with hosting.
77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor
During April, in honor of National Poetry Month, I read 77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor. (Here’s a link to purchase this collection at an Indie Bookstore.) A modern collection of sonnets is, unfortunately, rather hard to come across. I was delighted last year to find out that Garrison Keillor was publishing a collection of… Continue reading 77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor
National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month in the US. I’ve been trying to read more poetry in general anyway, and this month my goal is to read a poem every day. There are a few sites I know of that offer a free poem per day, via email: One is The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor,… Continue reading National Poetry Month
Poetry Sunday
“THANKS, ROBERT FROST” David Ray, from Music of Time: Selected and New Poems Do you have hope for the future? someone asked Robert Frost, toward the end. Yes, and even for the past, he replied, that it will turn out to have been all right for what it was, something we can accept, mistakes made… Continue reading Poetry Sunday
Poetry Sunday
Welcome Morning By Anne Sexton There is joy in all: in the hair I brush each morning, in the Cannon towel, newly washed, that I rub my body with each morning, in the chapel of eggs I cook each morning, in the outcry from the kettle that heats my coffee each morning, in the spoon… Continue reading Poetry Sunday