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April 9th, 2021 – National Poetry Month

Poem 133: The Summer Day by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean— the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back andContinue reading “April 9th, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

April 7th, 2021 – National Poetry Month

Calendar Days by Jake Adam York One day you wake and they’re there, flecks of mud weed-eaters throw against the window, moths in their dark migrations, salmon that taste like dust. All month long, they fall from the laundry, dead receipts for burritos, coffees, books. They’ve lotused toilet water, drinks left out from the nightContinue reading “April 7th, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

April 5th, 2021 – National Poetry Month

Threshold by Maggie Smith You want a door you can be            on both sides of at once.                        You want to be           on both sides of here and there, now and then,         Continue reading “April 5th, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

What I’ve Been Reading – 4/5/2021

Why Saying Chinese Food is “Unhealthy” is a Recipe for Racism | Well + Good NextDoor is Quietly Replacing the Small-Town Paper | OneZero How COVID-19 is Speeding Up Change Process in the Digital Workspace | CMS Wire LexisNexis To Provide Giant Database of Personal Information to ICE | The Intercept Have a good week!

April 4th, 2021 – National Poetry Month

Dear Dr. Frankenstein by Jericho Brown I, too, know the science of building menOut of fragments in little lightWhere I’ll be damned if lightning don’t Strike as I forget one May have a thief’s thumb, Another, a murderer’s arm,And watch the men I’ve made leaveLike an idea I meant to write down,  Like a vehicle stuckInContinue reading “April 4th, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

April 3rd, 2021 – National Poetry Month

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wadsworth I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretchedContinue reading “April 3rd, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

April 2nd, 2021 – National Poetry Month

won’t you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton won’t you celebrate with mewhat i have shaped intoa kind of life? i had no model.born in babylonboth nonwhite and womanwhat did i see to be except myself?i made it uphere on this bridge betweenstarshine and clay,my one hand holding tightmy other hand; come celebratewith me thatContinue reading “April 2nd, 2021 – National Poetry Month”