Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s I Am Waiting – mwpm
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born 100 years ago today! Here’s a poem… I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti I am waiting for my case to come up and I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder and…| mwpm
Denise Levertov was born 99 years ago today. Here’s a poem… Pleasures by Denise Levertov I like to find what’s not found at once, but lies . within something of another nature, in repose, distinct. Gull feathers of glass, hidden . in white pulp: the bones of squid which I pull out and lay blade … Continue reading Denise Levertov’s Pleasures| mwpm
Robert Creeley was born 95 years ago today. Here’s a poem… I Know a Man by Robert Creeley As I sd to my friend, because I am always talking,—John, I sd, which was not his name, the darkness sur- rounds us, what can we do against it, or else, shall we & why not, buy … Continue reading Robert Creeley’s I Know a Man| mwpm
I have three haiku in the contemporary haiku folio curated by Kyle Flemmer and published by periodicities. Read them here: https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2020/10/mwpm.html| mwpm
Denise Levertov was born 97 years ago today. Here’s a poem… Goodbye to Tolerance by Denises Levertov Genial poets, pink-faced earnest wits— you have given the world some choice morsels, gobbets of language presented as one presents T-bone steak and Cherries Jubilee. Goodbye, goodbye, I don’t care if I never taste your fine food … Continue reading Denise Levertov’s Goodbye to Tolerance| mwpm
what’s most striking about reading rachel carson in the twenty- first century is the absence of plastic| mwpm
I don’t often read anything written before 1900, but Tennyson is worth the effort. Here’s a poem… Part I On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro’ the field the road runs by To many-tower’d Camelot; The yellow-leaved waterlily … Continue reading Alfred Lord Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott (1832)| mwpm
Veronica Forrest-Thomson was born 72 years ago today. Here’s a poem… The Lady of Shalott: Ode by Veronica Forrest-Thomson The child in the snow has found her mouth, And estate-agents must beware; For if what we are seeking is not the truth And we’ve only a lie to share, The modern conveniences won’t last out, … Continue reading Veronica Forrest-Thomson’s The Lady of Shalott| mwpm
Barbara Guest was born 99 years ago today. Here’s a poem… Santa Fe Trail by Barbara Guest I go separately The sweet knees of oxen have pressed a path for me ghosts with ingots have burned their bare hands it is the dungaree darkness with China stitched where the westerly winds and the traveler’s checks … Continue reading Barbara Guest’s Santa Fe Trail| mwpm
Robert Creeley was born 93 years ago today. Here’s a poem… The Language by Robert Creeley Locate I love you some- where in . teeth and eyes, bite it but . take care not to hurt, you want so . much so little. Words say everything. . I love you again, . then what is … Continue reading Robert Creeley’s The Language| mwpm
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born 100 years ago today! Here’s a poem… I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti I am waiting for my case to come up and I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder and…| mwpm
