Category Archives: Poetry

Christmas Oratio by W.H. Auden

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Christmas Oratio by W. H. Auden Well, so that is that.  Now we must dismantle the tree, Putting the decorations back into their cardboard boxes – Some have got broken — and carrying them up to the attic. The holly … Continue reading →

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√-1 2³ Σ π

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

√-1  2³  Σ  π  … and it tasted good. A few weeks ago, a vendor at the market was selling persimmon pulp and persimmon cookbooks. She had samples too, which was a big selling point, because I had never tasted persimmon … Continue reading →

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Prairie Making

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, – One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do If bees are few. ~ Emily Dickinson

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Here, There . . . Like A Dead Leaf

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Chanson d’automne ~ Paul Verlaine Les sanglots longs Des violons De l’automne Blessent mon coeur D’une langueur Monotone. Tout suffocant Et blême, quand Sonne l’heure, Je me souviens Des jours anciens Et je pleure Et je m’en vais Au vent … Continue reading →

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Today in history

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

The Writers’ Almanac celebrates the 129th birthday of William Carlos Williams — and the discovery of bacteria.   Listen to the podcast in iTunes, or read the text here. You can hear Williams read his poem in the link below. … Continue reading →

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One Short Post Containing One Photo, One Poem, One Order

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

One photo: One branch, two catkins, four leaves. One poem: One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII Pablo Neruda Translated by Mark Eisner I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz, or arrow of carnations that propagate … Continue reading →

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What Any Lover Learns

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

One of my favorite poems.  I especially like the truth of the poem revealed by the title. What Any Lover Learns Archibald MacLeish Water is heavy silver over stone. Water is heavy silver over stone’s Refusal. It does not fall. … Continue reading →

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Ah! Bright Wings

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

God’s Grandeur, ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now … Continue reading →

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Sunday Quote (2012 Week 7)

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

‎A poet’s work…to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.  ~ Salman Rushdie

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Current Reading

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

In a sense, poems are not even fair. For instance, they do not always assert what they mean. And the same for pictures. A reader must get meaning through an action, through an act of response. And there are endless … Continue reading →

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