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  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT FRIDAY: Shelley on Poetry

    “Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.” ~Percy Bysshe Shelley Read more

  • Back in the North Country

    II am back in Minnesota after spending a week with my daughter and son-in-law in Brooklyn. Just a few weeks from Opening Day and we have snow here. I have mentioned here before that I grew up in Montana. When I start complaining about snow this time of year, I try to remind myself that… Read more

  • A Thaw and Re-Reading

    Here in the North Country, we had a few days of 50-degree weather, but yesterday it snowed again. Those few days of warmth, though, were a foretaste of the feast to come. We are told that ICE is drawing down its numbers here in Minnesota, but reports on the ground remain unclear as to whether… Read more

  • UTTERANCES OF THE HEART

    In the rabbinical tradition, at times of calamity and great suffering, Jews are advised to read three books:  Jeremiah Lamentations Job The fact that the most important passages of these books were written in poetry is no accident. For it is poetry, and poetry alone, that can truly give voice to the utterances of our hearts. “How… Read more

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT FRIDAY: Carl Sandburg on Poetry

    Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. – Carl Sandburg Read more

  • POETRY REVIEW: “Eagle Poem” by Joy Harjo

    Joy Harjo (b. 1951) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the 23rd United States Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022, the first Native American to hold that honor. Her poetry is generally characterized by: Harjo’s poems frequently use repetition (anaphora) and parallelism, which gives them a chant-like or prayer-like quality. This isn’t just a stylistic choice; it… Read more

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT FRIDAY: Umberto Eco on Poetry

    Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings. -Umberto Eco Read more

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT FRIDAY: Lucille Clifton on Poetry

    Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. -Lucille Clifton Read more

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT FRIDAY: Wallace Stevens on Poetry

    In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all. -Wallace Stevens Read more

  • FRIDAY FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Dylan Thomas on Poetry

    The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. -Dylan Thomas Read more