Category Archives: Poetry

Just as with life

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

All poetry is supposed to be instructive but in an unnoticeable manner; it is supposed to make us aware of what it would be valuable to instruct ourselves in; we must deduce the lesson on our own, just as with … Continue reading →

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Hold fast to dreams

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. –Langston Hughes Response: Dreams carry us forward … Continue reading →

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Hope is a thing with feathers

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

“Hope” is the thing with feathers — That perches in the soul — And sings the tune without the words — And never stops — at all — And sweetest — in the Gale — is heard — And sore … Continue reading →

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Walk inside the poem’s room

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Introduction To Poetry I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe … Continue reading →

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Wish you were here

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

How I wish, how I wish you were here. We’re just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here. … Continue reading →

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You must travel it for yourself

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

46. I know I have the best of time and space, and was never measured and never will be measured. I tramp a perpetual journey, (come listen all!) My signs are a rain-proof coat, good shoes, and a staff cut … Continue reading →

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Of atoms and poetry

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

“We must be clear that when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.” –Niels Bohr, during … Continue reading →

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She lives her life

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Reckless Poem Today again I am hardly myself. It happens over and over. It is heaven-sent. It flows through me like the blue wave. Green leaves – you may believe this or not – have once or twice emerged from … Continue reading →

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Flowers to strew

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

I got me flowers to strew Thy way, I got me boughs off many a tree: But Thou wast up by break of day, And brought’st Thy sweets along with Thee. —George Herbert, The TempleEaster (1633) Response: Tomorrow is Easter. … Continue reading →

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I saw you

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

After Years Today, from a distance, I saw you walking away, and without a sound the glittering face of a glacier slid into the sea. An ancient oak fell in the Cumberlands, holding only a handful of leaves, and an … Continue reading →

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