For the Love of a Friend
The love of books, the legacy of friendship. This is what I discovered when I entered Betty’s Reading Room The traditional glorious feeling of warmth that a library bestows greeted… Read more For the Love of a Friend →
Auld Lang Syne
Happy New Year! Whenever I join in the chorus of Auld Lang Syne, I feel a debt of gratitude to Robert Burns, who penned the words in 1788. In a… Read more Auld Lang Syne →
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… Read more 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… Read more 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… Read more 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 Dylan Thomas
“A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the… Read more Happy Birthday Dylan Thomas →
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… Read more Happy Birthday Sylvia Plath →
