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Tag Archives: Poem-a-day
Eating Poetry or Chicken Soup for the Art Journalist Soul
I don’t know if it is the same for anyone else, the more I read, the more I create art and see art, and think about art, something happens to the way I think and how I see things as … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Maya Angelou
Happy birthday to writer, poet, activist, and national treasure, Dr. Maya Angelou. I haven’t always loved poetry the way I do today. I wasn’t exposed to much of it until recently and most of my reading focused on books and … Continue reading
Poem – A – Day: Never Give All the Heart by W. B. Yeats
Today’s poem comes from my literary soul mate, William Butler Yeats. While I am sure that Mr. Yeats will be making more than one appearance here during National Poetry Month, the wistful melancholy of this poem really appealed to me … Continue reading
Poem – A – Day: Blue Butterfly Day by Robert Frost
Welcome to April and National Poetry Month! This time yesterday morning, it was snowing hard. Big fluffy snowflakes as big as my thumb were fulling the sky and erasing any hint of color outside my window. But today is the … Continue reading
The Final Poem of National Poetry Month 2013
Hey guys! It is April 30th, which means that National Poetry Month is at an end and my Poem – a -Day posts are also coming to a close. I hope you have enjoyed my celebration of Poetry this past … Continue reading
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Tagged Hug O War, National Poetry Month, Poem, Poem-a-day, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Shel Silverstein
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Poem – A – Day: Birches by Robert Frost
I couldn’t let National Poetry Month go by without posting a poem by Robert Frost. But where most people have “The Road Less Traveled” as their go-to Frost poem, I have always loved Birches best of all his poems (although … Continue reading
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Tagged Birches, National Poetry Month, Poem, Poem-a-day, Poems, Poetry, Robert Frost
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Musing about Mockingbirds…
As I may have mentioned, my husband, Rob and I have been reading To Kill a Mockingbird together for the past couple of weeks. We would take turns reading aloud, alternating each chapter. Today, we finished the book which was … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Harper Lee, Judith Harris, Literature, Mockingbird, National Poetry Month, Poem, Poem-a-day, Poetry, To kill a Mockingbird
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Poem – A – Day: I am Much too Alone In This World, Yet Not Alone Enough
A new (to me) favorite poem: I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not Alone by Rainer Maria Rilke I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough to truly consecrate the hour. I am … Continue reading
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Tagged National Poetry Month, Poem, Poem-a-day, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke
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Poem – a – Day: Maggie and Millie and Molly and May by e. e. cummings / Leave Your Sleep by Natalie Merchant.
For today’s poem of the day, I wanted to share a version of e. e. cumming’s “Maggie and Millie and Molly and May” that I particularly love. A few years ago, inspired by the act of reading poetry with her … Continue reading
Poem – A – Day: The Land of Nod
Yesterday, instead of posting my poem of the day, I got distracted and talked into doing an impromptu photo shoot of tiny kitties before the two oldest kittens went to their new home. But I think you will forgive me … Continue reading
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Tagged Cats, Kittens, Land of Nod, National Poetry Month, Photography, Poem, Poem-a-day, Poems, Poetry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sleep
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