What I Understood – Katha Pollitt (0)
1/31/10 •
Welcome back to the Poem of the Month! The POM has been on a long hiatus, but January seemed a fitting time for its return.
The last half of 2009 was a whirlwind of activity, including two weddings in my family – my sister’s in Georgia, and my own nuptials here in Seattle in July. As [...]
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In the Memphis Airport – Timothy Steele (0)
3/31/09 •
Welcome to the March 2009 Poem of the Month!
An annoying – though thankfully non-destructive – virus decided that my computer would make a good temporary host, delaying the March Poem of the Month.
The confluence of the virus with Spring Break didn’t speed up the healing, but thankfully the patient has now made a full recovery. [...]
Walking To Oak-Head Pond – Mary Oliver (1)
2/27/09 •
Welcome to this month’s Poem!
I was exchanging emails with an old high school friend last week discussing our 20-year reunion, coming up this summer. One comment in her email struck me, and I’ve been thinking about it on and off ever since – “Could you have ever imagined 20 years ago that you would be where you are in life [...]
Tossing and Turning – John Updike (0)
1/28/09 •
Welcome to the 5th Anniversary of the Poem of the Month.It’s hard to believe that the Poem of the Month launched five years ago this month with Gerald Manley Hopkins’ “God’s Grandeur.” 61 poems later, I still love sitting down with a poetry book every month to select something that hopefully speaks to us all [...]
Sometimes – Sheenagh Pugh (0)
12/31/08 •
Welcome to December’s Poem of the Month
It seems easy to look back at this year and remember all of the tumultuous events that marked 2008 – economic implosions in the housing markets and then the financial markets; terrorist attacks in Pakistan and India; Governors in New York & Illinois taking precipitous falls from grace, straining [...]
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1/31/10 •
What I Understood – Katha Pollitt3/31/09 •
In the Memphis Airport – Timothy Steele2/27/09 •
Walking To Oak-Head Pond – Mary Oliver
