In his day, the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko' was something of an international rock star whose readings could fill sports…
Poems by Charles Simic (1938-2023) January Children’s fingerprints On a frozen window Of a small schoolhouse. An empire, I read…
There's a lovely exhibit currently on show at the Morgan Library. It's the work of artist-illustrator Ashley Bryan (see below…
Poetry is critical to a complete understanding of the First World War because in the years leading up to and…
Digging in the clutter I came across a literary game I played in the back of a college notebook. (I…
I came across "The Consent" when I was exploring Howard Nemerov's life and work for some other posts. It seems…
Stickybeak NOUN: an intrusive, meddlesome, busybody, nosy parker who sticks their nose (beak) into other people's business. The act of…
First Grade by Ron Kortgee Until then, every forest had wolves in it, we thought it would be fun to…
In his series of WW1 epitaphs, Rudyard Kipling comments on the all too common fate of a new soldier at…
They say the day you get a boat is the happiest day of your life. That is, until the day…
Many people know that the poet T. S. Eliot was very fond of cats and indeed created some wonderful cat…
OuLiPo meets Anapestic Tetrameter and the mad, bad and dangerous to know Bored Lyeron The Seduction of Sir Knack-a-Rib The…
Daffodil: good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy. - from the surrealist dictionary definition generator. Windy today so lots of daffodils nodding…
Looks like having government officials who are Ignorant and Stupid is nothing new. Chinese poet Su Tung-Po nailed it centuries…
November Show's over, folks. And didn't October do A bang-up job? Crisp breezes, full-throated cries Of migrating geese, low-floating coral…