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Poem: Starlings in Winter

romancingthestone wrote 1 week ago: This poem was on NPR Writer’s Almanac today. I loved it and wanted to share it with you… … more →

Tags: A Good Poem, Deep Thoughts, HOPE, Poem, Miscarriage, Love, Loss, Poetry, npr

Bill Bryson wrote:

antiplath wrote 1 week ago: Is there anything, apart from a really good chocolate cream pie and receiving a large unexpected che … more →

Tags: Bill Bryson

A Note for Writer's Almanac Fans

mdmorn wrote 1 week ago: Hey there Writer’s Almanac fans. Several of you have contacted us asking why the Almanac didn … more →

Tags: Arts and Culture, Garrison Keillor, Poetry, Technical Difficulties

November 26, 2009

rachelbirds wrote 3 weeks ago: Somehow missed Miley’s birthday — not featured on the Writer’s Almanac. … more →

Tags: rachel's post, Haiku, Birthday, Hannah Montana, Garrison Keillor, Miley Cyrus

Wild Geese

ddadams wrote 1 month ago: Heard this on NPR  while driving in to the Bakery, Garrison Keillor with the Writer’s Almanac … more →

Tags: Other, Poetry, npr, Garrison Keillor, Mary Oliver

poetry2 comments

Karleen Koen wrote 1 month ago: I always tell the people who take my writing classes to listen to the Writers Almanac on NPR. You ca … more →

Tags: "Now Face to Face", Dark Angels, writing process, through a glass, darkly, writing, Life, Family, Love, character

I sing a love song as well as I can

antiplath wrote 2 months ago: But some nights, I must tell you, I go down there after everyone has fallen asleep. I swim back and … more →

Tags: poems by other people, Billy Collins, water, rain

A Poem and A Wish

romancingthestone wrote 2 months ago: It is a glorious  autumn morning in Massachusetts. The way the light falls slatways across the tress … more →

Tags: A Good Poem, Deep Thoughts, making love, npr, Poem, Wish

5 minute makeover

tenthousandplaces wrote 2 months ago: Take a deep breath, close your eyes and let Garrison read to you. http://writersalmanac.publicradio. … more →

Tags: Literature, Garrison Keillor, Poetry

Garrison Kiellor6 comments

signed .............bkm wrote 2 months ago:   You know we all have our hero’s and Garrison Keillor happens to be one of mine —   I h … more →

Tags: literture, Poetry, writing, Garrison Kiellor, Hero's, Lake Wobegon, Memories, Minnesota, Success!

Poem for September 11th

bobveatch wrote 3 months ago: I heard the following poem on today’s “Writers’ Almanac”.  I thought it expr … more →

Tags: rural life, Wisdom, Poetry, america, Garrison Kellior, September 11th, American, meg kearney, Home By Now

'Not yet, not yet.'

antiplath wrote 3 months ago: I’d never heard of Loren Eiseley until today. Wish I could have taken a class from him. Or bou … more →

Tags: Loren Eiseley, Poetic Essays

Uptown Out of Town: Virginia

Uptown/Downtown wrote 3 months ago: En route to Bath County, VA to visit the grandparents, we tuned in to npr (WAMU) and listened to Wri … more →

Tags: Virginia, Turtles, growing old, Jo McDougall, npr, WaMu, Straightpins, Poetry

+ Poem: The Student Theme

Adrienne Edwards wrote 4 months ago: other topics: click a “category” or use search box From The Writers Almanac for Monday,  … more →

Tags: Resources, > Books, Publications, Print/Online Articles, Parent Interest, writing skills, > College Level and Beyond, Teacher Interest, Literature and the Arts, > K-12 Topics/Teaching, > Web Sites for Teaching/Learning

his coffin was covered in sunflowers

antiplath wrote 4 months ago: It was on this day in 1890 that Vincent Van Gogh died, in the town of Auvers, France, after shooting … more →

Tags: Van Gogh, death, Paul Gauguin

Soundings

Lena Wood wrote 4 months ago: A lovely poem today from Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac. Soundings by Joyce Sutphen … more →

Tags: Poetry, beautiful things

On a Special Phrase6 comments

afrankangle wrote 5 months ago: Some refer to Garrison Keillor as the Great American Storyteller. As an author, writer, satirist, an … more →

Tags: Life, Garrison Keillor, Keillor, Be Well, do good work, Keep In Touch, Sayings

Can you say, "Brilliant, creative over-achiever?!?"2 comments

donnajgamache wrote 6 months ago: This post today from “The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor” just left me spe … more →

Tags: Success Stories, News of a Personal Nature, Garrison Keiller, Vikram Seth, Calcutta, India, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Northern California

Finding Poets In the Cyber Stacks

Beth wrote 6 months ago: I love searching for poems and poetry on the internet. Usually, it’s not a premeditated search … more →

Tags: Google, Literary Magazine, Poetry, Poets and writers


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