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Posts tagged “poetry”

writing

Thomas Stearns Eliot September 26th, 2019 @ 8:17 am PDT

I grow old. I grow old.

typewriter

Why Write? May 9th, 2019 @ 8:27 am PDT

In which a poet explains why he writes

letters

My Grandparents’ Generation May 3rd, 2018 @ 8:18 am PDT

A lovely poem

Boston

When I Was One-and-Twenty April 22nd, 2018 @ 12:15 pm PDT

A most excellent poem

Portofino, Italy

I Meet My Grandmother in Italy October 6th, 2017 @ 11:47 am PDT

A beautiful poem

knolling

Negative Space October 7th, 2016 @ 8:54 am PDT

A beautiful poem

books

On Books June 18th, 2016 @ 3:21 pm PDT

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they’re the worst of all. Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – […]

On Lotteries

On Lotteries January 12th, 2016 @ 7:48 am PST

A lottery is a taxation upon all the fools in creation; and heaven be praised, it is easily raised, for credulity’s always in fashion. Henry Fielding, “The Lottery” – 1732

On Fortitude

On Fortitude August 26th, 2015 @ 8:37 am PDT

I don’t know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion. Zona Gale, b. Aug 26, 1874

Regret

Regret December 16th, 2014 @ 7:11 am PST

There’s no use in regret. You can’t change anything. Your mother died unhappy with the way you turned out. You and your father were not on speaking terms when he died, and you left your wife for no good reason. Well, it’s past. You may as well regret missing out on the conquest of Mexico. […]

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