Tag: Poetry Friday

“When the meaning of a poem is obscure, it is due to one of three causes. Either the author through lack of skill has…

In graduate school that first semester, I often had the feeling of Ohhhh, this was a HUGE mistake,” and as I delved into my…

This has been a week of up and downs.The up — my proofs arrived, the last, last, last (oh, please God, please) LAST time…

(Click poem for larger size) It is indeed the time of year when “yellow leaves or few or none” are hanging, but also hanging…

Traditional Children’s “Counting Out” rhymes. Inter mitzy titzy tool ira dira dominu oker poker dominoker out goes you Intery mintery cutery corn apple seed…

This woman’s poetry has the ability to make me just hoot with laughter, and blink with a sudden, quiet understanding. I have deep respect…

Today Glasgow is doing its usual dramatic dance of clear skies and whipping wind and clouds. Several natives have volunteered the information that Glasgow…

Home, Sweet Home Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home;A charm from the sky…

This is a reminder to myself… and maybe to you: not all things can be planned. Unharvested A scent of ripeness from over a…