I fell in love with the title of this poem before I even read a line of it, but really, wouldn't you?

my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell
Gwendolyn BrooksI hold my honey and I store my bread ( Read more... )

I feel like I blinked for a second too long and turned into a bad country song: my dog is dying, my brother's trying to become a cop, I'm worried about money and jobs, and, of course, I don't have a man. Bad country song all the way ( Read more... )

The Angel’s Choice
Tom Clark

The angel’s choice in
Wings of Desire, to ( Read more... )

Conscription Papers
Lucia PerilloHere is the trouble with visiting the past ( Read more... )

National Poetry Month, it returns. Since Easter came first this year, I kinda wanted to kick off with this one.

Easter Morning
William StaffordMaybe someone comes to the door and says ( Read more... )

Oy, I am just getting bad about being consistent.

But today we get a little musical!

E.E. Cummings, "Anyone lived in a pretty how town"
Kris Delmhorst singing "Anyone lived in a pretty how town"

W.B. Yeats, "Those Dancing Days Are Gone"
Carla Bruni singing "Those Dancing Days Are Gone"I was going to do more, but my connection is agonizingly ( Read more... )

I've been lousy about posting the last few days, but it's been a really hectic weekend. Graduation tomorrow! (Which I am helping with.) And there was a Shakespeare reading on Tuesday! (King Lear. I read Kent. Go see Act II.ii for some of the hilariously AWFUL things I got to say. Kent gets to spout off the best insults.) Yesterday I was SHAMELESSLY ( Read more... )

Nearly done with the Levertov revisions. I'll finish them tomorrow--there's a couple books in the library I'd like to glance at and possibly quote before I finally throw in the towel and call this baby done ( Read more... )

This was a surprisingly good evening, studying with Lisl at a coffeeshop in her particular corner of Kits. We got plenty done and it was just pleasant. She is so obviously a regular there. Perhaps I'll manage something of the same at Grounds for Coffee once we've moved into our community house. Did I mention this? That we have a house? That Jason ( Read more... )

I haven't much time today--busy prepping for a review session for NT that the TA, who is experiencing sudden health problems, can't lead. First exam is tomorrow. Think me good thoughts, if you please, and I will be ever so grateful ( Read more... )