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As Summer Comes with Edna St. Vincent Millay
I conclude this Poetry Month’s readings with a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay. You can hear Micah’s Millay reading over on his blog. We’ll try to put together some sort of playlist from these too, and who knows, maybe we’ll add a bonus track or post as well. There is something about reading a…
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Tuesday Muse: Edna St. Vincent Millay
This is the project my son and I are doing: We picked four poets for this Poetry Month and for each week we both record a different poem or poems by the chosen poet of the week. Micah has recorded his Edna St. Vincent Millay poem and has hinted to me that since it’s early…
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Shaving with Richard Blanco
Unfortunately, that headline is not followed by a photo of Richard Blanco and me draped in bath towels, side-by-side in the mirror and shaving. I’m sorry to disappoint (myself). No, this is supposed to be a more family-friendly post for Global/National Poetry Month. The Monkey and I are doing a project in which we choose…
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Saturday Songs with Sophie (Again!)
Embed from Getty Images I’ve been working on poems all day, well in between laundry, shopping lists, and lunch. Between the projects in the air, and whatever else I might have worth submitting into the great abyss of lit mags and journals, this feeling has grown that I’m on the verge of a new phase.…
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Kay Ryan and Her Amazing Flying Chickens
Embed from Getty Images I had a rough start to the week. I had too much caffeine and not enough sleep, and pretty soon those chickens come home to roost. So it’s taken until Wednesday to get to this post. Thanks for waiting. I know you’ve been on the edge of your keyboard. The Monkey…
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Of Peaches and Plumbs: Things, Ideas, and Wheelbarrows
Yesterday Micah shared a brilliant interpretation of “that plums poem,” a video of Mathew Macfadyen dramatizing William Carlos Williams’ little piece “This is Just to Say.” Do me a favor, click here and watch it (It’ll open in a new window) and then come back. I’ll wait. Back? Worth it, right? That video was part…
