Ordinary life: the plenty and thick of it.
This disarmingly simple poem by Lisel Mueller is called [...]
And beauty came
It was with huge relief I saw a baby great [...]
Its papery nest
The half-way point of the year has passed. The longest [...]
Teach a thing its loveliness
I can’t keep out of the garden. I am [...]
How can I move to September while he remains in August?
In poetry therapy and expressive writing groups, loss is always [...]
It wobbled once or twice
So much for the Christmas catch-up! The plan to blog [...]
An angel whose face I couldn’t see
5th Day of Christmas Catch-Up Blog Gertrude Stein famously said [...]
Is there anything sadder?
4th Day of Christmas Catch-Up Blog Another day, another piece [...]
All the images burned inside
3rd Day of Christmas Catch-Up Blog I am doing some [...]
The legs of summer
Here is a poem I love by Anne Sexton - a [...]
