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Fishing for Trey Platoo
Originally posted on The As It Ought to Be Archive: “Still Life with Mackerel, Lemon and Tomato” By Vincent Van Gogh (1886) Fishing for Trey Platoo By Bunkong Tuon Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a series of poems about the immigrant experience in America. Our late Managing Editor, Okla Elliott, featured Bunkong Tuon’s…
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Saturday Songs with Lucy Dacus
I’m going to give my friend Raul Clement a bit of a plug for his excellent work at New American Press just because they put out damn good writing. Check them out, and send them some of your best work (after thoroughly reading their guidelines, of course). I met Raul maybe two years back when…
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National Poetry Month 2018, Micah and David’s Project Review
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: National Poetry Month was started the same year I was born. But, arguably I am more popular out of the two. Enough joking. Dad and I decided this year to do some poetry reading recordings. This is much like what we did last year. We picked poets from different…
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Tuesday Tune, Adios with the Cactus Blossoms
Tuesday Tunes, that’s what my son calls them when he shares songs on his blog. I usually feature Saturday Songs or Monday Music, but today this song just won’t get out of my head. Probably because of yesterday’s post here. One of the many good things that came out of the new Twin Peaks series…
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Adios, Poetry Month! with Naomi Shihab Nye
I am going to sign off from this year’s National Poetry Month in an uncharacteristic fashion. No commentary, no hoopla. Just a bonus poem by one of the most beautiful poets alive today, Naomi Shihab Nye. Adios by Naomi Shihab Nye It is a good word, rolling off the tongue; no matter what language you were…
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Musical Bonus Track: Stevie Smith’s “Not Waving, But Drowning,” Sung by Tanita Tikaram
Originally posted on David J Bauman: Back home from a long-ish work day and glad to finally be starting my weekend. I have the poem for tonight recorded, but I need to do some editing, after a much needed nap! So first I thought I’d share this gorgeous interpretation of Stevie Smith’s “Not Waving, But…
