April is National Poetry Month! I am celebrating by looking back at photo memories and connecting them to poems that have enlightened my journey. T.S. Eliot’s poem, Wait Without Hope, came to me when I faced a transition and choices. The idea of waiting, listening, reflecting is very much the essence of this poem. “Faith,Continue reading “Shetland with T.S. Eliot”
Category Archives: Poetry
Quest by Carrie Williams Clifford
Sarah, my sister, shares my love of poetry. Every morning, I look forward to receiving her “good morning” e-mail that includes a poem. A few weeks ago, I received the poem, “Quest” by Carrie Williams Clifford. “My goal out-distances the utmost star,Yet is encompassed in my inmost Soul;I am my goal—my quest, to know myself.ToContinue reading “Quest by Carrie Williams Clifford”
Celebrating International Forest Day
Trees Need Not Walk the Earth By David Rosenthal TREES need not walk the earthFor beauty or for bread;Beauty will come to themWhere they stand.Here among the children of the sap Is no pride of ancestry:A birch may wear no less the morningThan an oak.Here are no heirloomsSave those of loveliness, In which each treeIsContinue reading “Celebrating International Forest Day”
OTR Celebrates Poetry with John Masefield
Every morning, when I open my e-mails I look for a message from my sister, Sarah, for I know that there will be a poem attached to her cheerful “good morning.” Sarah and I share a belief that our lives are enhanced by poetry. There is an intensity and expression of feelings that comes throughContinue reading “OTR Celebrates Poetry with John Masefield”
I Must Go Down to the Seas Again
Poetry gives substance to our experiences, as if to help us understand the import of a specific time and place. Words assimilate with emotional responses to produce memories that can be recalled with a vibrant clarity. Listening to poetry we relive the moment again. My son and I walked along the sandy beaches of Wells-next-the-Sea. Continue reading “I Must Go Down to the Seas Again”
World Poetry Day 2016
Today is World Poetry Day, a time to celebrate and recognize the deep and profound influence poetry has on the human spirit. Poetry captures the heart with words that give light to our innermost thoughts and longings. It is a measure of who we are as individuals as well as a society. And bestContinue reading “World Poetry Day 2016”
Another Year, but he is remembered…
“But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! Still you are blest, compared with me!” Robert Burns Robbie Burns was celebrated this past weekend with the traditional AddressContinue reading “Another Year, but he is remembered…”
Happy Birthday, Christina Rossetti
“Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.” Christina Rossetti
Happy Birthday Sylvia Plath
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” Sylvia Plath
October Celebration
My dear friend at Leaping Tracks advised me that today the United Kingdom celebrated National Poetry Day. In 1996, Canada set aside April as the month to appreciate poetry. Most of us would agree, however, that poetry cannot be limited to a day, a month, even a year. Poetry allows us to exchange complex thoughtsContinue reading “October Celebration”
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