poetry

Lying to the Young is Wrong

In his day, the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko' was something of an international rock star whose readings could fill sports…

2 years ago

January, The Election, and A White Cat

Poems by Charles Simic (1938-2023) January Children’s fingerprints On a frozen window Of a small schoolhouse. An empire, I read…

2 years ago

Sail Away – Oceans, Seas, Rivers, and Rainstorms

There's a lovely exhibit currently on show at the Morgan Library. It's the work of artist-illustrator Ashley Bryan (see below…

2 years ago

A Compendium of Delight

Poetry is critical to a complete understanding of the First World War because in the years leading up to and…

2 years ago

A Poetry Game, Players Welcome

Digging in the clutter I came across a literary game I played in the back of a college notebook. (I…

3 years ago

The Consent

I came across "The Consent" when I was exploring Howard Nemerov's life and work for some other posts. It seems…

3 years ago

Simple Pleasures and Stickybeaking

Stickybeak  NOUN: an intrusive, meddlesome, busybody, nosy parker who sticks their nose (beak) into other people's business. The act of…

3 years ago

Back-to-School: First Grade

First Grade by Ron Kortgee Until then, every forest had wolves in it, we thought it would be fun to…

3 years ago

Women Artists of WW1: Anna Coleman Ladd

In his series of WW1 epitaphs, Rudyard Kipling comments on the all too common fate of a new soldier at…

3 years ago

The Happiest Day

They say the day you get a boat is the happiest day of your life. That is, until the day…

3 years ago

Crime Past, Crime Present, and Crime Future

 Many people know that the poet T. S. Eliot was very fond of cats and indeed created some wonderful cat…

4 years ago

The Seduction of Sir Knack-a-Rib

OuLiPo meets Anapestic Tetrameter and the mad, bad and dangerous to know Bored Lyeron (If you feel you must read…

4 years ago

Daffodils Nodding in the Cheese

Daffodil:  good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy. - from the surrealist dictionary definition generator.  Windy today so lots of daffodils nodding…

4 years ago

Wisdom of the Ages

Looks like having government officials who are Ignorant and Stupid is nothing new. Chinese poet Su Tung-Po nailed it centuries…

4 years ago

Show’s over folks. It’s November

November Show's over, folks. And didn't October do A bang-up job? Crisp breezes, full-throated cries Of migrating geese, low-floating coral…

4 years ago