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Poetry Tuesday: The Solipsist
A few days ago, this update appeared in my facebook news feed: The Solipsist by Jollimore Don’t be misled: that sea-song you hear when the shell’s at your ear? It’s all in your head. That primordial tide— the slurp and salt-slosh of the brain’s briny wash— is on the inside. Truth be told, the whole…
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Poetry Tuesday: Roald Dahl
The kids and I visited the library yesterday. As I went in search of Ancient Mesopotamia, I noticed the shelf of children’s poetry right behind me. I picked up a volume of Roald Dahl‘s verses. I am enjoying his dark, strange poems. Some of my favorite childhood memories include weekends spent at my grandmother’s house.…
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Silver Liquid Drops (Daily Pic 5/365)
April Rain Song by Langston Hughes Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk. The rain makes running pools in the gutter. The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at…
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A poem by Mercy Otis Warren
A Thought on the Inestimable Blessing of Reason What is it moves within my soul, And as the needle to the pole Directs me to the final cause The central point of nature’s laws? ‘Tis reason, Lord, which thou has given A ray divine, let down from Heaven, A spark struck from effulgent light, Transcendant,…
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Poetry Tuesday: Milton
Sonnet VII: How soon hath Time, the Subtle Thief of Youth by John Milton How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol’n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew’th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth That…
Leslie Wiggins 