Abstract Art & Ezra Pound: What Makes a Good Free Verse Poem?
“The poet who writes “free” verse is like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island: he must do all his cooking, laundry and darning for himself. In a few exceptional cases, […]
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Renga and Haiku: A Japanese Poetic Challenge
“A young shoot has borne Beautiful flowers, Growing upon An aged plum tree.” –Basho, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (tr. by Nobuyuki Yuasa) Many […]
Celebrating Poetry: Hope is the Thing with Feathers
This month’s LitWyrm Book-a-month challenge is reading poetry. Since April is National Poetry month, we want to celebrate this beautiful form of literature. Whether by picking up a poetry collection, […]
The Cloister Walk: Recapturing the Beauty of Traditions
“Ritual and symbol are as necessary to human beings as air and water. They mark us as human, and give us identity.” -Kathleen Norris, 316 In many modern churches, traditions […]
St. Patrick’s Breastplate: A Poem for St. Patrick’s Day
Today is St.Patrick’s Day. A day we wear green to avoid being pinched. The holiday that makes us think of four-leaf clovers, and also the luck of the Irish. When […]
As Freedom Is A Breakfast Food: Love According to E.E. Cummings
“but love is the sky and I am for you/ just so long and long enough“- E.E. Cummings E.E.Cummings’s poem, “as freedom is a breakfast food” is a poem full […]
American Son: A Poetry Book Review
“We cry for grief/ a long cry for grief/ America cries for we/ daughters and sons/ growing like grains of wheat in a dry and weary land/ put the tears […]
Vagabond Song: Why Poetry, Autumn, and Wanderlust Are 3 Peas in a Pod
A Vagabond Song by Bliss Carman There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood— Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a […]