Poem-A-Day is apparently continuing! And might turn into a year-round thing…fingers crossed. My other favorite poem from April. Kissing Stieglitz Good-Byeby Gerald Stern Every city in America is approached through a work of art, usually a bridge but sometimes a road that curves underneath or drops down from the sky. Pittsburgh has a tunnel— youContinue reading “Gargle”
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Happy Mother’s Day!
My dad called me on skype today and said they had received the flowers I ordered and the lobsters from my sister. Big happy smiles all around! I feel like these holidays mean a lot more now that we’re both far away from Philly. And I’m so glad we’re living in a technological age whichContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day!”
Poem-a-Day
“The birds have abandoned our cities and the plagueof silence multiplies through their arteries…” – Derek Walcott, “In the Village” “The towns nearbythat survive on museums of their earlier burning. The dreams setin neighbor’s houses. The mounds with hooves and bones sticking out.The gentle sloping. We will always be swimmersdigging into the thaw…” – CatieContinue reading “Poem-a-Day”
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