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”
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April 1st, 2021 – National Poetry Month
Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live. The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on. We chase chickens or dogs away from it. BabiesContinue reading “April 1st, 2021 – National Poetry Month”
What I’ve Been Reading – 2/22/2021
“Reunion” (Poem) | Charles Wright Frog and Toad Tentatively Go Outside After Months in Self-Quarantine | McSweeney’s Passing the Time With the Ghosts in the Dirt | Texas Monthly Ray Ford: Lessons From Past Taught in Santa Barbara Backcountry | Noozhawk Love the Fig | The New Yorker Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing IntoContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading – 2/22/2021”
What I’ve Been Reading – 2/8/2021
Eduardo Diaz On The Efforts To Create A National Museum Of The American Latino | NPR Self-Knowledge Can Help You Strengthen Your Romantic Relationships | Gretchen Rubin Mason Gross Student Designs Two Recent New Yorker Covers | Rutgers Today “Calendar Days” (Poem) | Jake Adam York ‘Hi Haters’: Why New Jersey’s Twitter Account Is LikeContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading – 2/8/2021”
What I’ve Been Reading – 5/25/2020
Hey Ladies! Quarantine Edition | Cosmopolitan Memorial Day | Poetry Five Judges Say Rosa Jimenez Was Wrongly Convicted. So Why is She Dying in Prison? | Texas Monthly Artbites | The Huntington My apologies if you received a blank version of this post this morning. To lift the hood up, these posts are written inContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading – 5/25/2020”
SBPL Coffee Break (Episode 7)
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5/30 – Peach
I recall that, hence the bruise, I guess I didn’t realize everything else falling entails.
TBT – National Poetry Month : 30 in 30
April in National Poetry Month. From Jared: Thirty//Thirty 2014 04/30: Flipping I journey back through the past few pages and wonder: “Where do I come up with this stuff?”
4/30 – Springs Eternal,
We know from implication that Hope springs eternal and Eternal springs hope (in context and not exactness) And while I can’t speak for a man’s breast, or what it’s like to rest, what it’s like to be papally blessed, I know that Hope springs eternal from the bus terminal.
3/30 – A song by any other name
No, just a jam. maybe a groove — but definitely not a banger.
Cassidy B. Charles 