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A Ritual to Read to Each Other, by William Stafford
Poems for Stuart, Part 3 I mentioned in the previous two parts of this series that my dear friend Stuart came to America this summer to visit with his son. What a blessing to me that on the way to Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Falling Water,” they took the time to divert slightly north and meet…
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Flashback Friday, Overvision
Is Flashback Friday still a thing? Are people still hashtagging this? Or has #ThrowbackThursday stolen the show? What can I say? I like flashing, and my throw is always a little late for whoever is up at bat on Thursday. So here’s a rewind to 2012 when I read my poem, “Overvision,” at Poetry Under…
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Birding – A Poem by Tina Mozelle Braziel
Originally posted on Poetry Breakfast: Birding Where lichen blooms green on the hickory. Where an unblinking rabbit hunches in his burrow. Where dried hydrangeas and broom sedge rustle in the breeze. I watched you carry an armload of oak through the uphill brush and stack the rounds in the wood cradle. When the red hawk…
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Saturday Songs of Hope
Lots of changes coming to the blog, starting next week, including podcast plans. Meanwhile, between Brexit woes and the dangerous situation that is American politics right now, I thought we could use two Saturday Songs this week. A double-shot reminder that we should hug someone at least once a day because we’re all in this together. Related…
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Music Monday with Hamilton
There’s still a little time left for a Music Monday Feature, so for the four or five you out there who are not yet familiar with the Broadway hit Hamilton, this post is for you. I was talking to Jonathan, my middle son, last night, and he at least said he was “familiar with it.”…
