Sunday, April 26, 2015

Boycott Author Toni Morrison

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I despise racism in any form. That's why I've burned every novel I owned by Toni Morrison. I will never recommend them to my family ...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Language of The Brag By Sharon Olds

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This poem has been floating around in my head all day today and I haven't posted it in a couple of years so it's due a rerun.  It...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

My Mama Moved Among the Days by Lucille Clifton

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My Mama Moved Among the Days By Lucille Clifton My Mama moved among the days like a dreamwalker in a field; seemed like what she touche...
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Monday, April 20, 2015

Nick Cave, My Muse, Has New Book Out

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#AmReading #Poetry "The Sick Bag Song" by Nick Cave. Unique, shimmering, simmering poetry/prose as light as a moonless night &...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

The Lonely House By Emily Dickinson

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THE LONELY HOUSE By Emily Dickinson I know some lonely houses off the road A robber 'd like the look of, — Wooden barred, And w...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Meanwhile By Mary Oliver

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Thank you, Laura Sorrells, for telling me about this poem! xo MEANWHILE  By Mary Oliver Lord, my body is not yet a temple,    but only...
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Monday, April 6, 2015

READ THIS BOOK: The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

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There are stories and then there are STORIES!  Somehow I managed to miss one of the greatest writers of my generation: Breece D'J Panca...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

More Music to Collect Tears in a Glass Jar

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HOW YOU LEARN TO LIVE ALONE Jonathan Jackson First you fall, then you fly and you believe that you belong up in the sky. Flap your...
Monday, March 23, 2015

The Sound of Silence

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Oh, for silence & velvety darkness & painless peace--- The most beautiful lyrics on silence ever written. Take a listen. xo, M...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Trapeze By Deborah Digges

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I posted this a year ago, but it's one of my favorite poems, so I'm reposting it on this fecund, rainy first full day of Spring.  ...