from her book Shekhinah from “Hunting Manual” …But the hard prey is the one that won’t come bidden. By these signs you will know it: when you lift your lure out of the water, the long plastic line will be missing its end: the lure and the hook will be gone, and the line will [...]
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from “Hunting Manual” by Eleanor Wilner
Posted in Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, tagged ars poetica, Eleanor Wilner on May 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
on Adrienne
Posted in Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, On The Art of Poetry, tagged Adrienne Rich, ars poetica, grief, Hugh MacDiarmid on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
from Hugh MacDiarmid’s manifesto “The Kind of Poetry I Want,” quoted by Adrienne in her speech/essay “Poetry and Commitment.” A poetry the quality of which Is a stand made against intellectual apathy, Its material founded, like Gray’s, on difficult knowledge And its metres those of a poet Who has studied Pindar and Welsh poetry, But, [...]
Poetry Wednesday: “Jerusalem” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Posted in Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, tagged Naomi Shihab Nye, Palestine/Israel, Poetry Wednesday, to survival and beyond on March 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Poetry Wednesday – “The Kiss” by Anne Sexton
Posted in Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, tagged Anne Sexton, erotica, Poetry Wednesday, what's love got to do with it? on March 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Poetry Wednesday – “The Kiss” by Anne Sexton from the anthology intimate kisses: The Poetry of Sexual Pleasure, edited by Wendy Maltz
Poetry Wednesday “Anatomy Lesson” by Jan Heller Levi
Posted in Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, Language is not all in our heads, tagged ars poetica, Jan Heller Levi, Poetry Wednesdays on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Poetry Wednesday – “Parting the Red Sea” by Ellie Schoenfeld
Posted in Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, tagged Ellie Schoenfeld, faith, gardening, Poetry Wednesdays, prayer on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Ellie Schoenfeld’s collected poems The Dark Honey If someone asks me what I believe in, I say, “tulips.”
Poetry Monday
Posted in Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, tagged good advice if you can get it, Poetry Monday, snap!, Tamara Madison on February 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Over at Roaring Out, it’s Poetry Monday, featuring a poem by Tamara Madison from Wild Domestic Watch the video here
Announcing – Poetry Wednesdays!
Posted in Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, tagged Mary Oliver, poetry as liturgy, Poetry Wednesdays, prayer on February 15, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Because I love my friend Michelle’s feature “Poetry Mondays,” in which she reads aloud a poem she loves, I’m announcing Poetry Wednesdays, starting with this piece by Mary Oliver. Enjoy! And if you should be moved to start a Poetry Tuesday (or Folksong Tuesday or Great Choral piece Tuesday), let me know and I’ll post [...]
Poetry Monday by Michelle Ovalle – Neruda (or On How a Love Poem is Done)
Posted in Drew, Great Poems or Pieces Thereof, tagged Michelle Ovalle, Pablo Neruda, Roaring Out on February 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »
From my friend and sister-poet over at Roaring Out, her reading in Spanish and English of Pablo Neruda’s Sonnet 17. Enjoy! Neruda Sonnet 17
