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from Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own”
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. Today’s is from Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own.” This except encourages me to keep writing “through obscurity.” from Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” … if we face the fact, for it…
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John Wilde’s Happy, Crazy, American Animals and a Man and Lady at My Place.
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. But today’s is a painting! It’s John Wilde’s Happy, Crazy, American Animals and a Man and Lady at My Place. This is the feeling I am going for in my best poems. John Wilde, Happy, Crazy,…
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Ruth Stone’s “Train Ride”
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. Today’s is Ruth Stone’s “Train Ride.” This is one of the few poems I have memorized. Its duality is outside of reality to me, in a magical and reassuring way. It’s what I want all…
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Yannis Ritsos’s “January 21”
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. Today’s is Yannis Ritsos’s “January 21.” Oh, to have written that last image. January 21 A cessation. You’re not searching. How nice it is tonight. Two birds fell asleep in your pocket. …
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John Brehm’s The Poetry of Mindfulness, Impermanence and Joy
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. But today’s is a book recommendation: John Brehm’s anthology The Poetry of Mindfulness, Impermanence and Joy. This is the perfect last-minute gift for any reader on your list, or anyone who might enjoy some beautiful…
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Russell Edson’s “With Sincerest Regrets”
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. Today’s is Russell Edson’s “With Sincerest Regrets.” This poem cracks me up. I love making poems funny. WITH SINCEREST REGRETS Like a white snail the toilet slides into the living room, demanding to be loved.…
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Charles Wright’s “WHAT DO YOU WRITE ABOUT, WHERE DO YOUR IDEAS COME FROM?”
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. Today’s is Charles Wright’s “WHAT DO YOU WRITE ABOUT, WHERE DO YOUR IDEAS COME FROM?” “Never again, never again” is often the feeling that spurs a poem in me. WHAT DO YOU WRITE ABOUT,…
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Robert Frost’s “Good Hours”
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. Today’s is Robert Frost’s “Good Hours.” The rhyme in the 5th and 6th lines breaks my heart every time. GOOD HOURS I had for my winter evening walk— No one at all with whom…
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From Louise Gluck’s “Fugue”
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. Today’s is from Louise Gluck’s poem “Fugue,” from the book Averno. The mix of memory and myth creates magic. From FUGUE 6. I had a dream: my mother fell out of a tree.…
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Carolyn Forche’s “The Colonel.”
I’m posting a series of poems and excerpts from poems and essay that I love. Today’s is Carolyn Forche’s “The Colonel.” This is one of the first poems I read when I first wanted to really be a poet. The last sentence immediately became one of my “ars poeticas” (or…
Kimberly O'Connor 