Tag: poem
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David Reads “The Trees,” by Philip Larkin
Coming in at the end of day 17 in my Poetry Month personal challenge of recording a poem per day this April. If you followed at all last year, you’ll remember the challenge involved all videos on my YouTube channel. This year I’ve modified things a bit because I don’t actually have the three to…
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Spring Madness with Miss Emily, Day 16th of Poetry Month
Emily’s birthday is actually in December, but considering the talk of madness I just couldn’t resist the image with the little hat. I pilfered it from the Arts Hound announcement of her annual celebration in Houston four months ago. You can find the original image by clicking here. We’ve talked about Emily in the past,…
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David Reads “Screech Owl,” by Ted Kooser
I know it sounded strange to some of you when I said in my last post that it had been a long weekend, and I was ready for a break. But my true “weekend” doesn’t generally happen until Sunday or, as in the case of this present week, Monday. And boy, do I need it.…
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David Reads “The Shape of Mouths at Parties,” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Another long day, and aside from the joy of coming home to my husband (to-be), and the purring ministrations of our cat Milton, a late dinner and a glass of a lovely Argentinian blend (Cab-Malbec-Syrah), it is again poetry that soothes my soul, and calms me down. Like last night’s, this post, and possibly tomorrow’s…
