My dear friend, Philadelphia artist Anders Hansen has generously paid for my subscription to Poetry magazine for the past two years. I often forget this, but the magazine, founded in 1912 by Harriet Monroe, has a fabulous website, complete with audio of some wonderful poems: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/audiolanding.html Enjoy! Posted in words […]
As I Walked Out One Evening As I walked out one evening, Walking down Bristol Street, The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat. And down by the brimming river I heard a lover sing Under an arch of the railway: ‘Love has no ending. (…continue reading at Poets.org) -W.H. Auden Posted in words
For R, For Whatever Reason Across a pond A swan came into view And dipped its head Her head, maybe your head Too low to the chest, the beak Went under the mirror I watched with you, this loop of white pierce black water, like floating in tar, but her head came up. And the world was restored. I wonder how I could have missed it. [...]