Thinking about work

It’s hard not to think about work these days. Everyday you hear about this factory or that business laying people off. And not just a few people, but many. There have even been layoffs in our local library community and a library that looks like it will close. Everyday in the library, people are coming [...]

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100 days 100 sonnets

Here’s a little challenge for myself. A few months ago, I spent some time going through the Shakespeare section of our library, replacing some of our books that no one has checked out because they didn’t want to sneeze the whole time they were reading them. I came across Helen Vendler’s book The Art of [...]

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Poem in Your Pocket Day

I’m a little late getting this post out, my apologies. Yesterday was Poem in Your Pocket Day, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. At work we gave out pocket-sized poems to patrons and the staff had a “secret poet” swap like “secret santa.” I received “Social Noted from Al Over: Mt. Olympus” by William [...]

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Serendipity ~ I couldn’t sleep last night

I’ve been meaning to post this little poem for a few days now. Since I didn’t sleep much last night, I thought it was appropriate:
The pillow hot
On both sides,
The second candle
Dying, the ravens
Crying. Haven’t
Slept all night. Too late
To dream of sleep…
How unbearably white
The blind on the white window.
Good morning, morning!
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Tip of the Iceberg

I love when I’m reading a book and I learn about something I didn’t know, or I begin to learn about something I knew but in a different way. I go scampering off to find more on the topic or I fall out of bed trying to get my Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia so I can [...]

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Modern Epic Poems

I just finished an interview with Lawrence Ferlinghetti in a recent issue of Poets & Writers. For some reason, I always thought he was just kind of a kooky poet, so I was surprised to learn how interesting he really is. Shame on me for my ignorance. I am not a huge fan of the [...]

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one down, two to go

I finished District and Circle by Seamus Heaney a few nights ago. It took me three tries (not because I didn’t like it, but I just kept losing it or not finishing it by the time it was due). It is just what you would hope and expect from Heaney – down to the earth. [...]

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Poetry to do list…

Since I’ve had G, it’s been harder to fit poetry in. I try to read one poem a night, but that just doesn’t seem to work. The slim poetry books get lost under tomes like The Baby Book or The Happiest Toddler on the Block (I need to stay one step ahead, ha!). But, here’s [...]

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