Celebrating Poetry: Music of the Spheres
The first poem I shared on my new blog five years ago was scribbled in the starlight on a moonless …
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Celebrating Poetry: Blown Away By Matthew Dickman
In celebration of April as the National Month of Poetry, I’ve been looking back at posts on poetry that I’ve …
Poetry: The Thing We Die for Lack Of
Paul Klee, Versunkene Landschaft, 1918 Wallace Stevens once famously said: “You can’t get the news from poems, but men die …
A Poet & an Artist on Making the Unknown Known
I came across two quotations about the creative process recently and found such striking similarities I had to explore them …
A Balm to Calm the Troubled Mind
In these seemingly dark and troubling times, I’m finding that reflecting on the following words of wisdom to be a …
Music is More Feeling than Sound
From “Peter Quince at the Clavier” by Wallace Stevens. Just as my fingers on these keys Make music, so the …
Primary Wonder, Age Three
Primary Wonder, Age Three Walking with our granddaughter Whispering and waving Our wings Sniffing for bats. What do you smell …
Peace in the Midst of Chaos
Is it possible to find peace in the midst of chaos? An early Chinese poet asks and answers this question. …
Hot Hills in Summer Heat, Revised
“I watch them every summer, the hot hills crouched like a lion beside the road, tawny skin pulled taut across …
Poets on Poetry: Mark Doty, Mackerel & Metaphors
One of the things I love most is writing about writing, unraveling the creative process, how the mind at play …
