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Morning Trip

Elisa's Spot wrote 2 days ago: The Midnight Club The gifted have told us for years that they want to be loved For what they are, th … more →

Tags: morning trip, Elisa, harry connick jr., reality, Space, Thoughts

It's Friday and Trying Is Out the Window

Stephen Rowe wrote 3 weeks ago: So here’s something for you to look at: The latest xkcd. I love this kind of humour. Edward By … more →

Tags: LitNews, Poetry, Stephen Rowe, Poet, Leonard Cohen, xkcd, Stephen King, Free Verse, measured verse

The Inventory (II)4 comments

Sasha wrote 2 months ago: Continuation of Teh Inventory! Books from the Wicker Shelves. Mostly local titles (I’m iffy ab … more →

Tags: Lit Love & Book Thoughts, Back Story, Book Dump, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vladimir Nabokov, Fiction-Novel, Fiction - Short Story Collection, Classics, Local Titles

three poems by mark strand

antiplath wrote 2 months ago: So You Say It is all in the mind, you say, and has nothing to do with happiness. The coming of cold, … more →

Tags: Poems, Answers, So You Say, The Remains, blizzard of one

Distracted and Inattentive Motorcyclists3 comments

mac wrote 3 months ago: All motorcycle riders are responsible for the safe operation of their vehicle on public roads and hi … more →

Tags: Safety, Oregon, Safety-Conscious, harley, Life Lessons, Fatalities, motorcycle, Harley-Davidson, obituary

Eating Poetry

youngromantic wrote 3 months ago: Here’s a poem for today — one of my favourites: “Eating Poetry” by Mark Stra … more →

Tags: Bookworm, Things I love, Literature, Books, Poetry, Poems

As i wait (song Lyrics)

Rohloff wrote 3 months ago: I am really looking forward to recording this song soon. as soon as i do i will be posting the Audio … more →

Tags: Songwriting, as i wait, Christian Folk Rock, clean hands, giving up myself

Poem-a-Week

hsherif wrote 4 months ago: July 31, 2009 Keeping Things Whole In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wh … more →

Vermont Poetry Newsletter July 29 20093 comments

upinvermont wrote 4 months ago: [The Vermont Poetry Newsletter is not issued by me but by Ron Lewis, by whose permission I post this … more →

Tags: Vermont Poetry Newsletter, Times Online, Vermont Literary Journals, Vermont Poetry & Event Calendar, FailBetter, linebreak, Vermont Poetry Workshops, Vermont Writing Centers, Robert Frost Farm Fund

The Next Best Time

Deanna Stevens wrote 4 months ago: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now” [Chinese Proverb]. … more →

Tags: Self-Improvement, Time, Action, Regret, LinkedIn, Louis L'Amour, Deanna C. Stevens, Future, Plant a tree

the continuous life11 comments

cynthia wrote 4 months ago: 1990 back cover photo by Denise Eagleson One of my all-time-favorite poems is “The Continuous … more →

Tags: all-time favorite poems, Catching Moments, continuous life, Poetry, The Continuous Life, The Earth Hums in B Flat

eating poetry :: mark strand

piapest wrote 5 months ago: Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry. T … more →

Tags: Poems

Josh Ritter at Summerstage

chereefranco wrote 5 months ago: For 26 years Central Park’s Summerstage has been synonymous with “great shows, free!!, … more →

Tags: New York Rocks., sounds, Folk music, Brooklyn, indie rock, Josh Ritter, David Byrne, Talking Heads, glen hansard

from the long sad party :: mark strand

supriyanna wrote 6 months ago: Someone was saying something about shadows covering the field, about how things pass, how one sleeps … more →

Tags: Poems

'Keeping Things Whole'

alanajanelle wrote 6 months ago: Every once in a while, life takes over, and you simply need to persevere until the storm passes. The … more →

Tags: Poetry

my name

antiplath wrote 6 months ago: Today’s Writer’s Almanac: My Name by Mark Strand Once when the lawn was a golden green a … more →

Tags: Writers, almanac

Ask the Angels.

B. R. Belletryst wrote 6 months ago: I went through my old poetry, I have it saved in an anthology called “Firefly” on my com … more →

Tags: Personal, writing, Poetry, Life, Love, General, sleep, Photography, Poet

Still Keeping Things Whole3 comments

Sila wrote 6 months ago: Canadian-born poet Mark Strand wrote the poem ‘Keeping Things Whole’ in 1968 as part of … more →

Tags: verse, Prose, keeping things whole, Response

God is not in the earthquake but in the still, small voice

Caleb wrote 6 months ago: That’s a John Ruskin quote. I was reading this article in a poetry journal and then it occurre … more →

Tags: Luminism, Kensett, Frederic Church, Hudson River School, Thomas Cole, John Ruskin


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