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for my mother, because I still fold clothes the way you taught me to and because today, I’ve done foldin’ aplenty. I Stop Writing the Poem by Tess Gallagher (from Good Poems by Garrison Keillor) to fold the clothes.  No … Continue reading →

This poem is a bit stark – but an interesting idea to ponder… Noah By Roy Daniells They gathered around and told him not to do it, They formed a committee and tried to take control, They cancelled his building … Continue reading →

Sometimes Sheenagh Pugh Sometimes things don’t go, after all, from bad to worse.  Some years, muscadel faces down frost, green thrives, the crops don’t fail, sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well. A people sometimes will step back … Continue reading →

I don’t have it in me to find any poems for Poetry Thursday.  It’s been a long, hard, too busy week.  But if you’re searching for poems, then check out “Good Poems” by Garrison Keillor from the library.  It’s a … Continue reading →

In honor of the snow, which is now rapidly melting away (it is spring, after all): by Emily Dickinson It sifts from leaden sieves It powders all the wood It fills with alabaster wool The wrinkles of the road

Sea Joy Jacqueline Bouvier (Kennedy Onassis) 1939 from The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis When I go down by the sandy shore I can think of nothing I want more Than to live by the booming blue sea … Continue reading →

Here’s one for Valentine’s Day (Click here if you want to read last year’s Valentine’s Day haikus): The Bargain Sir Philip Sidney from The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis My true love hath my heart, and I have … Continue reading →

Words By Nikki Grimes, from the book Hopscotch Love: A Family Treasury of Love PoemsSugar Honey Sweetie Pie Shortcake Cupcake Sweet Dumplin’ Chocolate Drop – Seems to me That love Might lead To cavities.