Think of these as small gifts for a lovely Sunday morning. without a thought the neighbor’s back yard turns green —William Higginson from which tree’s blossom it comes, I do not know this fragrance —Basho flickering in the woodpile the groundhog’s eyes —Joe Nutt by firelight listening to the silence of things we can’t see […]
Failure As Fertilizer for Hope
This. From Kay Ryan’s The Best of It: New and Selected Poems. [Post image: What cows eat by nosheep on stock.xchng]
Poetry Selections for a Holiday
It’s Poetry Month, for a little while longer. This week I was elated to hear Kay Ryan won the Pulitzer Prize for The Best of It: New and Selected Poems. Her poems are like urgent, succinct drops of observation. And can I just add (whisper, whisper)—understandable? I’m not a fan of the new rage of […]
Throw Yourself Like Seed
And although the poem doesn’t need extra commentary, I liked a quote Roger Housden used in reference to this poem, in his book Ten Poems To Set You Free. [Post image: Crop in Field by hotblack at stock.xchng]