Two Hundred and Fourteen 2.27.17 Note : Apparently you cannot do background color and text color here -- which is how I originally wrote "Some Notes on Colors, 2.27.17" - so I just added photos... Here's a poem I wrote in response to my feelings after reading Wendy Cope's poem: Some Notes on Colors [I,II]
Month: February 2017
Charles Bukowski – The Laughing Heart
Two Hundred and Twelve 2.20.17 This is not your regular grumpy Bukowski, this is not the dirty ol' bastard who takes in all the low points of life and projects them on a white page, the same way a projector projects movies on screen. This is much more softer, this is the Bukowski of the blue … Continue reading Charles Bukowski – The Laughing Heart
Margaret Atwood – In Love with Raymond Chandler
Two Hundred and eleven 2.17.17 Hawt! In Love with Raymond Chandler Margaret Atwood An affair with Raymond Chandler, what a joy! Not because of the mangled bodies and the marinated cops and hints of eccentric sex, but because of his interest in furniture. He knew that furniture could breathe, could feel, not as we do … Continue reading Margaret Atwood – In Love with Raymond Chandler
Mary Oliver – The Sunflowers
Two Hundred and ten 2.16.17 "Come with me into the field of sunflowers" Will you? Will you leave your books, your tools, your job, your kids, your lovers, your prayer, will you leave the all behind and come? Will you leave all that keeps you connected to the you that you have created so carefully, and come … Continue reading Mary Oliver – The Sunflowers
From Sonnet to Orpheus – Rilke
Two Hundred and Nine 2.13.17 Hey you! It's been a while, and I have much to tell you...but perhaps not now! Just so you know, even I have not written or sent you anything in a while.. I have been thinking about you and love imagining looking at you when I sit by a window on … Continue reading From Sonnet to Orpheus – Rilke
Langston Hughes – The Dream Keeper
Happy Birthday Langston! 2.1.17 Two Hundred and Eight Langston Hughes The Dream Keeper Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamer, Bring me all your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud—cloth Away from the too—rough fingers Of the world. And that is what poetry may do, wrap up your dreams, … Continue reading Langston Hughes – The Dream Keeper
[Tall grass, dream boat, advice]
For Sarah Robin S. [Tall grass, dream boat, advice] In the distance, where you lay among the tall grass, if you look closely a bird is reading a poem and washing her wing in the river that flows from where I live. Laying on the couch holding my book riding a horse through the war … Continue reading [Tall grass, dream boat, advice]
One Poem At A Time 