Tag: poem
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Christmas Song, Poetry Mash-up, Gleefully Snow-Bound
Again, I am returning to an older post from Christmas past, with a few editing adjustments. I still love this song, and I want to go snuggle now with a certain someone while we read this poem. Last time we featured monks, Handel, and John Greenleaf Whittier. JGW makes an appearance again today—second day in…
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“Fabric” by Bruce Snider
I do not know how I missed this in May, but this was shared by my friend Brian Dean Powers when he was guest blogging on Words for the Year. I somehow came across this today and it is, I think, one of the most powerful poems I’ve ever read. And so, I wanted to share…
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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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The Gate, by Marie Howe
Poems for Stuart, Part 1 I had the chance to finally meet and old friend on Sunday. And if that sentence sounds weird, it’s because you probably still haven’t adjusted to living in a century of online organizations and connections. I “met” Stu through the old website I used to run called Gay Fatherhood. Cheesy…
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There Is Wind, There Are Matches, by Gerald Stern
Embed from Getty Images The last few weeks in the news have been . . . Well, honestly, I don’t think I have words for them yet, and so I have retreated this weekend into poems, and into handling such delayed tasks as (finally) working out the settings between the microphone and the new laptop,…
