In light of decision-making by executive order and the White House signing ceremonies that seem to exude smug gloating -…
Tides O patient shore, that canst not go to meet Thy love, the restless sea, how comfortest Thou all thy…
On the Fifth Day the scientists who studied the rivers were forbidden to speak or to study the rivers. The…
A Polished Performance Citizens of the polished capital Sigh for the towns up country, And their innocent simplicity. People in…
Power by Audre Lorde The difference between poetry and rhetoric is being ready to kill yourself instead of your children.…
If you're in the market for an independent school - or a college for that matter - you will have…
Traveler, there is no road Caminante, no hay camino Traveler, your footprints are the only road, nothing else. Traveler, there…
Song of the Dark Ages We digged our trenches on the down Beside old barrows, and the wet White…
The simplest poems can be amongst the most profound. On the Steps of the Jefferson Memorial We invent our gods…
Spring comes earlier in the UK than it does here and the growing season is longer and cooler. Plath's poem…
Here is a scene of violence and inhumanity that feels torn from the front page of the newspaper or a…
This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt and was part of. The period covered begins in…
The temperature's rising. Time to think about eating outside and settling in at a sidewalk cafe to watch the world…
Jerry Harp's commentary in the Kenyon Review brought this poem back to mind. Always good to be reminded of William…
Love and taxes, grief and loss. This can be a tough time of year. Read Laura Kasischke's wonderful poem and put…