Just This The miles ahead are not infinite. Under the dimming summer night I strain to read the stars as this fire throws embers into the air. As each dances, my heart leaps for you. I am left trying to find my compass points knowing when morning arrives I must navigate by way of land [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Three Love Poems
Posted in The Daily Poems, tagged justin evans, Marie-Elizabeth Mali, Todd Boss, Yellowrocket on April 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas
Posted in The Daily Poems, tagged Constance Schuchardt, Dylan Thomas, Fern Hill on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green, The night above the dingle starry, Time let me hail and climb Golden in the heydays of his eyes, And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns And once below [...]
“The Circus Animals’ Desertion” by W.B. Yeats
Posted in The Daily Poems, tagged " Irish, "the foul rag and bone shop of the heart, William Butler Yeats on April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I I sought a theme and sought for it in vain, I sought it daily for six weeks or so. Maybe at last, being but a broken man, I must be satisfied with my heart, although Winter and summer till old age began My circus animals were all on show, Those stilted boys, that burnished [...]
“All I Want Is a Pet Lobster” by Marie-Elizabeth Mali
Posted in The Daily Poems, tagged lobster, Marie-Elizabeth Mali, Poetic Asides on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like Nerval, who walked little Thibault in the gardens of the Palais-Royal on a long blue ribbon and wrote, All things feel!, I appreciate the lobster’s tranquility. They don’t bark or whine, a positive quality in a writer’s pet. Lobsters know the sea’s secrets and predict the weather. They pilgrimage to deep water just before [...]
Interview with Robert Pinsky
Posted in A Poet's Education, tagged An Explanation of America, Figured Wheel, Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint, Milton, National Poetry Month, Poems Out Loud, Robert Pinsky, US Poet Laureate on April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
To celebrate National Poetry Month, I thought I would interview one of the poets I admire most, Robert Pinsky, who served as US Poet Laureate from 1997-2000 and has authored several books, including a brilliant collection of poetry, The Figured Wheel. When you were serving as the US Poet Laureate, you started the “Favorite Poem” [...]
Slip Out of Weeping Shoes by Yolanda Calderon-Horn
Posted in The Daily Poems, tagged Bluemoon, Lopside Press, National Poetry Month, Poetic Asides, Slip Out of Weeping Shoes, Yoly C, Yoly Calderon-Horn on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since taking Robert Lee Brewer’s challenge on “Poetic Asides” to write a poem every day during National Poetry Month this April 2009, I’ve had the pleasure of reading many good poems on Robert’s site by poets I didn’t know before. One of them is Yoly Calderon-Horn, author of Slip Out of Weeping Shoes, which is [...]
“The Servant Song”
Posted in The Daily Poems, tagged Church of the Savior, Richard Gillard, taize, The Servant Song, Vivian Vizcarra on April 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The other day, I was talking to my friend Vivian, who is engaged to be married. She asked me if I would plan and play the music for the wedding ceremony, and I said yes, delighted. One of the songs she remembered wanting to include was “The Servant Song.” The first time Vivian and I [...]
“Bees” by Justin Evans
Posted in The Daily Poems, tagged bees, justin evans, Poetic Asides on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“At first they seemed just errant bits of shade, until the humming grew too loud to be denied as the bees flew in and out, as if choreographed” –Eleanor Rand Wilner, “The Girl with Bees in her Hair” I You’ve read the headlines, I’m sure. All the bees are disappearing from around the United States— [...]
“Whale” by Robert Lee Brewer
Posted in The Daily Poems, tagged "The Whale", Poetic Asides, Robert Lee Brewer on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Would you know my name if found out of water? I hold my breath for hours and sing across the spaces where I dream. Would you believe I was ever vulnerable? I find the part you love most is the monster lurking in me, that unknown quantity hiding beneath the surface. If I could swallow [...]
