Tag: poem
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Adios, Poetry Month! with Naomi Shihab Nye
I am going to sign off from this year’s National Poetry Month in an uncharacteristic fashion. No commentary, no hoopla. Just a bonus poem by one of the most beautiful poets alive today, Naomi Shihab Nye. Adios by Naomi Shihab Nye It is a good word, rolling off the tongue; no matter what language you were…
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National Poetry Month, Week Three, Bonus Track
It was a break from all these snow flurries and colder temperatures the other day, so I decided to take the laptop outside and record a favorite poem. I was going to save this for week four, but sometimes good things just can’t wait. This year and last, my son Micah and I have been…
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Requests for Toy Piano by Tony Hoagland
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: https://soundcloud.com/monkeyprodigy/tony-hoagland Read this poem by clicking here. There are several good readings like the one below. A few of them are from the Poetry Out Loud competition which introduced me to this poem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6vBnnV6FRw
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God, Dad, and Cars
I had an interesting conversation with a coworker this morning. Unfortunately, my boss asked for his promotional postcard for my upcoming chapbook to be sent to the main library. So the impression was that I was being pushy since we received “multiple” postcards (I think really only the two unless she’s referring to the other…
