Kathy’s Song and now from the heart of 1966…(more lyrics) …And as a song I was writing is left undone I don’t know why I spend my time Writing songs I can’t believe With words that tear and strain to … Continue reading →
Billy Collins and Mark Pinsky both talk about getting your reader to the last couple lines of a poem, and giving the reader a reward, something to make it worthwhile. This poem, The Corn Baby by Mark Wunderlich, is a … Continue reading →
With red shoes who can doubt •
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from that Ted Kooser Book. Slow going reading this book because it is packed to the brim with gems like this and Ted Kooser thinking about poetry from all different directions. Artichoke O heart weighed down by so many wings. … Continue reading →
Forget all rules, forget all restrictions, as to taste, as to what ought to be said, write for the pleasure of it. — William Carlos William Continue reading →
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.
