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The Poem Wants A Drink
Call it gray and tired. Even call it a cliche. This poem's lived long enoughto know exactly what it means to say: Don't be stingywith the whiskey, baby. .....Yes, the night has been a cruel one, and this poem could use a drin...
read moreLet Me Tell You What A Poem Brings
for Charles Fishman/ Before you go further,/ let me tell you what a poem brings,/ first, you must know the secret, there is no poem/ to speak of, it is a way to attain a life without boundaries Juan Felippe Herrara Let Me Tell You What A Poem Brings...
read moreThe poems we love – what are they … ?
The poems we love—what are they Made of?Nothing. From Gregory Orr, "The poems we love — what are they . . ." In a silent world, the poems we love are speech. In a broken world, the poems we love are whole. In a fearful world, the poems we love...
read moreIntroduction to Poetry
I ask them to take a poemand hold it up to the lightlike a color slideor press an ear against its hive.From "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins I made a 2021 New Year's resolution to blog daily about poetry. I have been blogging daily for ye...
read moreAbout Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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