The One Red Leaf

Here is one of my favourite poems by Jane Hirshfield [...]

By SHadmin|2014-01-23T13:49:23+00:00January 23, 2014|Uncategorized|7 Comments

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Time and light are kinds of love

In his poem ‘The Word’, Tony Hoagland addresses the reader with a [...]

By SHadmin|2014-01-09T15:17:05+00:00January 9, 2014|Uncategorized|5 Comments

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Causes for carolling

photo: Sarah J. JamiesonHere’s a mid-winter, end of millennium poem [...]

By SHadmin|2014-01-02T09:47:21+00:00January 2, 2014|Uncategorized|3 Comments

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He took off his spectacles and fiercely kissed me

Christmas Eve,  I’m just back from another neighbours’ gathering.  Another [...]

By SHadmin|2013-12-24T14:04:01+00:00December 24, 2013|Uncategorized|3 Comments

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The whole pile is slipping

This morning I woke very early and drafted some poems [...]

By SHadmin|2013-12-17T08:55:46+00:00December 17, 2013|Uncategorized|7 Comments

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Like a shadow or a friend

Here's a poem about kindness by Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab [...]

By SHadmin|2013-11-28T21:34:07+00:00November 28, 2013|Uncategorized|6 Comments

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A guest, worthy to be here

Here’s one of my favourite poems of all time: Love [...]

By SHadmin|2013-11-12T22:05:46+00:00November 12, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments

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All the earth has become a house

I’ve just finished reading a haunting and beautiful book of [...]

By SHadmin|2013-11-07T22:37:45+00:00November 7, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments

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The real bedtime story

Time plays tricks.  Sometimes it seems endlessly spacious – like [...]

By SHadmin|2013-11-03T18:18:10+00:00November 3, 2013|Uncategorized|4 Comments

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I am done with apple-picking now

These pictures were taken in 2007 when Caroline Carver, Penelope [...]

By SHadmin|2013-10-20T19:33:53+00:00October 20, 2013|Uncategorized|2 Comments

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