Tag: poem
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“Security,” a Poem by William Stafford
It’s been a while since we’ve revisited William Stafford. It is time. I love this poem, and I so wish I would have had a chance to workshop with William Stafford before he passed away. Photos here are by my dear friend David of David Alexander Photography Studios in Northern Ireland. Lovely memories of a…
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Even Marianne Moore disliked it.
First of all, thank you for this great discussion on value and viability of poetry that has been going on among us. I hope it continues. I thought today we’d put the discussion into, well a poem. And since I have not yet, and might never write one on this particular topic, and Marianne Moore has already…
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Why (Even We) Hate Poetry
Somewhere in April I know, and maybe more than once, the question of what makes something poetry, came up. Or maybe it was what makes a poem a good poem. In any case I had vowed to come back to this topic, as it is an important one for me. But before we delve into…
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Wrestling with Uncle Walt
Whew, what a month April was. It was National Poetry Month here in the kingdom of the US of A, and I managed to meet my own challenge of recording and uploading one poetry video every day of the month. My followers have increased by more than ten fold and I am so honored and…
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Day 30 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: DJB Reads from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
I love my new mouse! He’s so tiny and quick. But I don’t think that was the entire problem. I still had Windows Movie Maker shut down on me during production tonight. Luckily I had a whole heck of a lot more work saved this time. And while I would love to upgrade to a…
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Day 29 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: From Wallace Stevens’ “Man with the Blue Guitar”
I have thought of my son Jonathan in relation to this poem, ever since he picked out this blue Dean guitar at my brother-in-law’s music shop. We were looking for laptops at the time, for a birthday present, but he said he would be happier to upgrade to a better guitar instead. How could…
