Wateron a hot day,pitchers filled with ice cubes.Has there ever been refreshmentbetter?Wateris our best friend—until the rains won’t stop,the creeks rise, and the basement floodsagain.Untilhurricanes blowtossing trees and houses,and even…
She saved the china handed down through generationsfor special occasions,but no occasion seemed special enoughto run the risk of chipping a plate.She ooh-ed and ahh-ed over clothes gifted to herfor…
April is Poetry Month, and you know what that means. It’s time for us to celebrate poetry in all its forms. Traditionally, my way of doing that is to attempt…
Well, we’ve made it through another April, another Poetry Month is over. I hope you’ve enjoyed coming along with me, reading some of my work and listening to the poetry…
When you ask people about Edgar Allan Poe, they usually think of his horror and suspense short stories: The Tell Tale Heart, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat,…
It really didn’t surprise me that so many of my poetry loving friends responded to my question about their favorite poet or poem with T. S. Eliot’s, The Love Song…
“The Highwayman” was written by Alfred Noyes, first published in the August 1906. It is a romantic ballad, a story of love and death, and every time I hear it…
If you’ve been following along this month, you may remember that I mentioned asking some of my poet friends who their favorite poet was. Two of them mentioned Mary Oliver,…
I think it’s fair to say that everyone knows Shakespeare, whether they realize it or not. The English language owes a lot of its common phrases to the Bard. Many…
When I was a kid, westerns were popular in TV and movies, and we played cowboys and Indians. Little blonde haired and blue eyed Elise, always sided with the Indians….
In 1966, Simon & Garfunkel released their album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme, and even at the tender age of 12, I was enthralled by its poetry. I certainly didn’t…
