Was it Baudelaire who said, "Always be a poet, even in prose"? I came to my current favorite poem, Jane Kenyon's incantatory "Let Evening Come," by hearing John …
Poetry Tuesdays
The Kama Sutra of Kindness, and the Importance of Sharing Our Words
Mary Mackey, a writer-pal of mine from a Bay Area group we both belong to, sent a note through the group about a poem of hers Garrison Keillor was going to read …
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Poetry Tuesday: an Eclipse, a Solstice, and a Post and Poem by Leslie Lytle
The confluence of winter solstice and lunar eclipse tonight, for me, calls out for poetry - and just in time, I recieved my annual solstice-poem card from my …
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Diane Lockward: on poetry
I had such fun hosting poets here on 1st Books for National Poetry Month that I've decided to continue the occasional Poetry Tuesday throughout the year. …
Poetry Tuesday: The Page Davidson Clayton Prize for Emerging Poets
One of the many things I had in common with my mom-in-law, Page Davidson Clayton,was a love of poetry. So when, after Page's death, Mac and I were looking for …
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