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Of My Mother, and of Life, Thirty Years Later
It’s Mother’s Day, and a young poet friend has been three days without his mother. She died suddenly and unexpectedly in her sleep. What can one say, except, “Friend, you are not alone?” I’m thankful that he has many friends and family to look out for him. Eventually, it is my hope, he will feel…
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Launch of the Spring-Summer Issue
Originally posted on Word Fountain: Word Fountain, the Literary Magazine of the Osterhout Free Library launches its next issue, Spring/Summer 2017, on May 19th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM in our library’s reading room at 71 South Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre. Join us for readings of short fiction and poetry, and get your free copy…
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Poetry Month Playlist Wrapup
My youngest boy had a lovely idea for Poetry Month; we would agree on a poet for each week of April and each of us would record a poem or more by that poet. It was fun, and I even found a few poems by these favorites that I hadn’t heard before. You can follow…
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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…
