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With Music
With Music Dear, did we meet in some dim yesterday? I half remember how the birds were mute Among green leaves and tulip-tinted fruit, And on the grass, beside a stream, we lay In early twilight; faintly, far … Continue reading
i thank You God for most this amazing
i thank You God for most this amazing i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky: and for everything which is natural which is … Continue reading
It’s Friday! In April! Celebrate!
http://www.signature-reads.com/2016/04/dash-against-darkness-10-quotes-celebrating-national-poetry-month/As your Friday bonus please enjoy these quotes celebrating National Poetry Month!Have a great weekend everyone!
Tax Day Limericks!!
There was a young fellow from Boise Who at times was exceedingly noise. So his friends’ joy increased When he moved way back east To what people in Brooklyn called Joise. (John Straley) A lusty young wench … Continue reading
Syracuse Poetry event John Hoppenthaler!
http://cnyarts.org/view/7505/dwc-visiting-author-readings-poet-john-hoppenthalerFriday, April 15th from 7- 9 pm at the downtown YMCAReading by poet John Hoppenthaler. Check the link for more info!
Meeting at Night The gray sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low: And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And … Continue reading
At a Dinner Party
At a Dinner Party With fruit and flowers the board is decked, The wine and laughter flow; I’ll not complain — could one expect So dull a world to know? You look across the fruit and flowers, … Continue reading
Provisions
Provisions What should we have taken with us? We never could decide on that; or what to wear, or at what time of year we should make the journey So here we are in thin raincoats and rubber boots On … Continue reading
I Wish in the City of Your Heart
I Wish in the City of Your Heart I wish in the city of your heart you would let me be the street where you walk when you are most yourself. I imagine the houses: It has been raining, … Continue reading
Bill Murray, Oprah & Oatmeal. Oh and a poetry bash?
Welcome to the Friday bonus! Check out this article on Bill Murray, I may actually have to pick up the magazine to read the rest! https://www.thereadingroom.com/article/these-are-bill-murray-s-favorite-poems/1492?utm_campaign=340161_newsletter_160405&utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Reading%20Room&dm_i=2P56,7AGX,FCPYU,N0RG,1 Enjoy listening to one of Bill Murray’s favorites here:https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/oatmeal-audio-onlyAnd for those of you in the Syracuse … Continue reading