Did you notice that you can search for things on this blog? (Hint: It’s the little box there, just to the right.) I just searched for something. I was looking for a poem. Couldn’t remember if I had run it before or not. I know now that it hasn’t run yet because the search engine […]
Entries Tagged as 'Poetry'
A Poem for You, by William Carlos Williams
September 28th, 2009 · Comments Off on A Poem for You, by William Carlos Williams · Author! Author!, Poetry
On Poetry: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
July 7th, 2009 · Comments Off on On Poetry: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” · Poetry, Quote of the Day
This is the question posed to us by poet Mary Oliver in “The Summer Day”: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Think about that this summer while you’re reading, out in the yard, at the beach, at the park, in your living room, at the […]
Poem of the Day, by Kenn Nesbitt
May 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Poetry
My Chicken’s on the Internet “My chicken’s on the Internet. She surfs the web all day. I’ve tried to stop her browsing but, so far, there’s just no way. She jumps up on the mouse and then she flaps around like mad to click on every hyperlink and every pop-up ad. She plays all sorts […]
Two Poems for Tuesday
May 12th, 2009 · Comments Off on Two Poems for Tuesday · Poetry
From our friends at the Portland Reading Council: ———– Booktime by Avis Harley So many places to read a book- bedroom living room kitchen nook classroom lunchroom library hall bus stop treetop hilltop mall backyard garden patio park under the sheets in flash-lit dark teahouse treehouse subway train attic camper trailer plane seaside lakeside by […]
Poem of the Day: “Pirate Story,” by Robert Louis Stevenson
April 8th, 2009 · Comments Off on Poem of the Day: “Pirate Story,” by Robert Louis Stevenson · Poetry
Pirate Story “Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, Three of us abroad in the basket on the lea. Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring, And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea. Where shall we adventure, to-day that we’re afloat, Wary […]
Poem of the Day: “Shoulders,” by Naomi Shihab Nye
April 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Poem of the Day: “Shoulders,” by Naomi Shihab Nye · Poetry
“Shoulders” A man crosses the street in rain, stepping gently, looking two times north and south, because his son is asleep on his shoulder. No car must splash him. No car drive too near to his shadow. This man carries the world’s most sensitive cargo but he’s not marked. Nowhere does his jacket say FRAGILE, […]
Quote of the Day: On Poetry
March 20th, 2009 · Comments Off on Quote of the Day: On Poetry · Poetry, Quote of the Day
“Let us remember…that in the end we go to poetry for one reason, so that we might more fully inhabit our lives and the world in which we live them, and that if we more fully inhabit these things, we might be less apt to destroy both.” — Christian Wiman
Poem of the Day
February 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on Poem of the Day · Poetry
On the Other Side of the Door On the Other Side of the Door I can be a different me, As smart and as brave and as funny or strong As a person could want to be. There’s nothing too hard for me to do, There’s no place I can’t explore Because everything can happen […]