I always find it strange when, on the first day of March, people complain that it is still cold and snowy, as though nature cares what day it is on a human calendar. Yes, I understand that February was colder and snowier than average, but the first day of spring is still three weeks away, … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 03/03/2019
Rainer Maria Rilke
Top Five Friday: Five Favorite Poets
Lately, I've been seeing book bloggers, Bookstagrammers, and BookTubers talk about how they want to read more poetry, but they're not sure where or who to start with. Rupi Kaur and Amanda Lovelace are popular right now thanks to their short, Instagrammable poems. They are not universally loved, though, and I've heard a lot of … Continue reading Top Five Friday: Five Favorite Poets
Letters to a Young Poet
It's always strange to read someone's letters or diary. Such things were originally meant for an audience of one or two- or for no one, in the case of a diary or journal- and yet the correspondence of some writers make it into the public sphere, their raw and unedited (or lightly edited) words providing … Continue reading Letters to a Young Poet
