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First Lesson Lie back, daughter, let your headbe tipped back in the cup of my hand.Gently, and I will hold you. Spread your arms wide, lie out on the streamand look high at the gulls. A dead-man’s-float is face down. … Continue reading
Habit ~ Hall
Habit Last night when my work was done, And my estranged hands Were becoming mutually interested In such forgotten things as pulses, I looked out of a window Into a glittering night sky. And instantly I began to feather-stitch a … Continue reading
Writesingtelldraw ~ Silverstein
Writesingtelldraw I’ve told you a hundred tall stories,I’ve sung you a thousand sweet songs,I’ve wrote you a million ridiculous rhymes(Though sometimes the grammar was wrong),I’ve drawn you a zillion pictures,So being as fair as can be,After all that I’ve writtensungtolddrawn … Continue reading
Welcome back my April Fools!
Good April Morning to you! Well back my April Fools! I know every year I tell you how it has snuck up on me and how unprepared I am … Well, I’m not exaggerating when I say this year, April … Continue reading
little prayer ~ Smith
little prayer let ruin end here let him find honey where there was once a slaughter let him enter the lion’s cage & find a field of lilacs let this be the healing & if not let it be ~Danez … Continue reading
The New Regime ~ Cope
The New Regime Yes, I agree. We’ll pull ourselves together. We eat too much. We’re always getting pissed. It’s not a bad idea to find out whether We like each other sober. Let’s resist. I’ve got the Perrier and the … Continue reading
On the Back Porch ~ Laux
On the Back Porch The cat calls for her dinner. On the porch I bend and pour brown soy stars into her bowl, stroke her dark fur. It’s not quite night. Pinpricks of light in the eastern sky. Above my … Continue reading
Reminders! Miss Lorie’s Lunch Time Readings & PIYP Day!
Be sure to check out Miss Lorie’s Lunch Time poetry readings, a new one every day at noon! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX7cwZHwg3YJTjoQLEhy9uQ AND A reminder that this Thursday (our final day) is National Poem in Your Pocket Day! Don’t be caught without something … Continue reading
Friendship ~ Craik
Friendship Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a … Continue reading