Saturday, December 31, 2011
Auld Lang Syne
Labels:
Auld Lang Syne,
Happy New Year,
New Year,
New Year's Eve,
poem,
poet,
Robert Burns
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
The New York City Minute Photo of the Year
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The New York City Minute Photo of the Year: The Marathon of Dan Cnossen |
Navy Seal Lt. Dan Cnossen stepped on an IED in Afghanistan on September 8, 2009 and lost both of his legs. On November 6, 2011 Dan Cnossen crossed the finish line of the New York City Marathon in 2:38:00. There were more than 40,000 stories in the New York City Marathon. Dan Cnossen's was one of the most inspiring.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
What I Don't Have for Christmas
Labels:
Christmas,
poem,
What I Don't Have for Christmas
Saturday, December 24, 2011
True Gift of Christmas
Labels:
Christmas,
Creche,
Jeremy Lum,
Lum's Space,
poem,
poet,
True Gift of Christmas
Friday, December 23, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Riu, Riu, Chiu
Labels:
espanol,
Mexico,
Monkees,
Navidad,
Riu Riu Chiu,
Tenacatita,
video,
villancico
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The Feast of Lights
Kindle the taper like the steadfast star
Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth,
And add each night a lustre till afar
An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth.
Clash, Israel, the cymbals, touch the lyre,
Blow the brass trumpet and the harsh-tongued horn;
Chant psalms of victory till the heart takes fire,
The Maccabean spirit leap new-born.
Labels:
Emma Lazarus,
Eric Butkus,
Hanukkah,
photo,
poem,
poet,
Poet of Exiles,
The Feast of Lights
Let Them Eat Emily Dickinson's Coconut Cake
From Charles Baudelaire to Dylan Thomas most poets are associated with their favorite libation. Emily Dickinson is associated with her favorite kitchen treats. One of America's most celebrated poets wielded a rolling pin as well as a pen. Her recipe for Indian bread (bannock) won second prize at the Amherst, Massachusetts Annual Cattle Show in 1856.
Labels:
Charles Baudelaire,
coconut cake,
Dylan Thomas,
Emily Dickinson,
exhibit,
museum,
Poets House,
recipe
Monday, December 19, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Hipster Reindeer of New York
(Or How New York Invented Christmas) |
New York lays claim to most everything and Christmas is no exception. From Santa Claus himself to eight tiny reindeer you wouldn't be noggin' if not for New York.
Christmas is so hip that St. Nick himself is from Chelsea. Clement Clarke Moore's Manhattan spread was named Chelsea and he developed the neighborhood that later became the hipster haven Chelsea. Where else would you expect to find characters named Dasher, Prancer, Donner, Blitzen, Comet and Cupid?
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Repo'd
Labels:
Beth Winter,
Christmas,
Eclipsing Winter,
poem,
poet,
Repo'd,
Santa,
satire
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Christmas Gifts
Labels:
Christmas,
Christmas Gifts,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
poem,
poet
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Sway
Labels:
Central park,
Mark Butkus,
New York City,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sway
The Wellness Renegade: Is Traditional Chinese Medicine To Woo For You?
I’m an acupuncturist, and while I actually enjoy my job, if I had to choose between treating patients and going surfing (and making a living wasn’t an issue), surfing would win every time.
I guess what I’m getting at is I’ve never been an acupuncturist that is a “champion for the cause.” I don’t go to health fares or make presentations about how great Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is. I also don’t intend this blog to be a forum entirely about it either (but I will draw from my experience).
Monday, December 12, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
John and Yoko at Niagara Falls
John and Yoko at Niagara Falls
where we once swapped spit
John and Yoko at Niagara Falls
when we were still in cribs
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Ode to Wednesday Night
Labels:
Ode to Wednesday Night,
poem
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Cheating Winter
The leaves they blew
Across the avenues
Leaves abandoned by a summer's drought
Cheated of their destiny
Of their brilliant hues
Labels:
Cheating Winter,
poem
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Night People
Labels:
Mark Butkus,
Mexico,
Night People,
poem,
Puerto Vallarta
Thursday, December 1, 2011
On The First Day of...
Labels:
Christmas,
On the First day of...,
poem
Thursday, November 24, 2011
A Boy's Thanksgiving Day
Over the river, and through the wood,
to Grandfather's house we go;
the horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
through the white and drifted snow.
Labels:
A Boy's Thanksgiving Day,
Lydia Maria Child,
poem,
poet,
Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Harvest Moon
It is the Harvest Moon! On gilded vanes
And roofs of villages, on woodland crests
And their aerial neighborhoods of nests
Deserted, on the curtained window-panes
Monday, November 21, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Half a Pint of Beer
Every girl knows her limit,
even if she won’t admit to it.
So as I sit beside you,
backs resting against the bar—
listening to the girl in the light
fill up the room with her blues
Labels:
Anthology,
Half a Pint of Beer,
Inspiration Speaks,
Julie Laing,
poem,
poet,
The JulieBook,
tracks
Friday, November 18, 2011
Somehow Brought Up
Labels:
anonymous,
poem,
poet,
Somehow Brought Up
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Nikky Finney Wins National Book Award for Poetry
Nikky Finney has won the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry. In a ceremony last night in New York City, Nikky Finney beat out a stellar group of finalists to claim the National Book Award for her fourth volume of poetry - Head Off & Split.
Labels:
Head Off and Split,
Left,
National Book Award,
Nikky Finney,
poem,
poet,
poetry,
video
I Am Drowning
Seconds drag like years. Stuck in a silent mist.
My mind like a "For Sale" sign, tethered
Constrained. An occasional sway in a breeze,
Resulting in an unoccupied state of mind.
Labels:
David Williams,
England,
I Am Drowning,
poem,
poet,
Poetry Soup
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Hall, Dupré Win Canadian Poetry Honors
The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the winners of the 75th Governor General’s Literary Awards, worth $25,000 each. Poets Phil Hall and Louise Dupré won the Poetry Award in their respective languages.
Labels:
Canada,
Governor General Award,
Killdeer,
Louise Dupré,
Phil Hall,
Plus haut que les flammes,
poem,
poet,
poetry
Sue Kenney's Camino: Walk, Write, Listen, Live
After being suddenly downsized from a career in the corporate telecom industry, Sue Kenney decided to walk 780 kilometers on a medieval pilgrimage route in Spain known as the Camino de Santiago do Compostela. She was on a quest to find more purpose in life.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Yo También
Labels:
bilingual,
Dominican,
I,
Langston Hughes,
Lori D. Nolasco,
poem,
poesia,
poet,
Sing America,
Too,
Yo Tambien
Saturday, November 12, 2011
A Wedding on Writers' Walk
The only straight line in Central Park is formally known as Literary Walk or The Mall. Most people know it as Writers' Walk. It is a place where dreams are imagined and enacted. Vendors line its' sides selling poetic chapbooks, photos of New York City, of John Lennon in his iconic New York City t-shirt and kitsch such as fridge magnets. Standing on guard at Writers' Walk are statues of William Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Walter Scott and the forgotten Fitz-Green Halleck.
Labels:
Central park,
David Gallo,
Eric Butkus,
Mark Butkus,
New York City,
Teresa Puente,
video,
vows,
wedding,
Writers' Walk
open links
hooded sweater pulled deep in my face, heavy
space falls on me with galaxies exploding
in the black part of my eye, pacing dirt-dipped
streets for fresh air, care-less thoughts, search for
the grit, feel like shit and zero fits together 2day — heavily
blurry, i'm too weary to type these lines, but they
shout, form riots in my mind, resurrections from
what i thought was long dead, i freeze, bind
Labels:
Claudia Schoenfeld,
dVerse Poets Pub,
open links,
poem,
poet
Friday, November 11, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
bring in all the poets
Labels:
Beach Boys,
bring in all the poets,
music,
poem,
poet,
Stephen John Kalinich
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
voice with a name
Labels:
Lynne Hayes,
poem,
poet,
voice with a name
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Iconoclast James Baldwin Inducted into American Poets' Corner
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A solemn corner of letters in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. |
James Arthur Baldwin was inducted into the American Poets' Corner on November 6, 2011 becoming the 44th inductee. While it is true that Baldwin wrote one volume of poetry — Jimmy's Blues — he is better known as an essayist in the tradition of Thoreau and Emerson. Baldwin's essays reached novel length.
Monday, November 7, 2011
#noskippingallowed
It seems we have created a society wherein everybody wants to be the teacher, yet nobody wants to take the time to be the prudent student...
That said it must be taken into account that life is a series of events that make up an entire journey, and there is no one event that dubs all the others obsolete or unnecessary.
That said it must be taken into account that life is a series of events that make up an entire journey, and there is no one event that dubs all the others obsolete or unnecessary.
Labels:
#noskippingallowed,
Cape Town,
Namibia,
Nikolai Tjongarero,
poem,
poet,
South Africa,
The Ground's Ear,
Windhoek
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes Day Poem
Friday, November 4, 2011
reach
despair consumes in a world of despair
assent withheld by deep gloom’s ascent
bare malice weighs heavy, too much to bear
lament of obscure fears, a dire lament
Labels:
Amera M. Andersen,
Beth Winter,
Eclipsing Winter,
poem,
poet,
reach,
shadow sonnet,
sonnet
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Poesía de los Indignados
Labels:
Barcelona,
espanol,
Los Indignados,
Occupy Wall Street,
poeme,
poesía,
translation
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Día de los Muertos: Images of Death and Hope
Día de los Muertos isn't a time to mourn. It is a time to celebrate life after death. On November 1st - All Saints Day - it is the children who are remembered. On Novemeber 2nd - All Souls Day - it is the life of departed adults that is revived in the heart and minds of family, friends and loved ones. Spend two minutes with Teresa Puente, listening to the soul of Mexico while the images of Dia de los Muertos dance before your eyes.
Labels:
Chicanisima,
Día de los Muertos,
Mexico,
Teresa Puente,
video
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Día de los Muertos: An Introduction to Mexico's Day of the Dead
More Memorial Day than Halloween, Día de los Muertos brings the dead back to life in the early days of November through remembrance and rituals passed down from generation to generation. The Days also afford a lighthearted poke at the upper classes.
For many small Mexican towns, like Barra de Navidad, there are no extravagant parades or painted faces. What you will find are handmade altars with offrendas placed in front of homes remembering those who came before.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
He Holds My Heart in the Palm of His Hand
He holds my heart in the palm of his hand,
It lays there warm and wet.
His fingers squeeze it like a ripe peach,
Brings it to his mouth, bites down and
Savours it with relish.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Emma Lazarus and the World's Most Famous Sonnet
Labels:
beacon,
Emma Lazarus,
immigrant,
New Colossus,
New York City,
poem,
poet,
Poet of Exiles,
sonnet,
Statue of Liberty
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Groom of the Dead Bride
The thunder tolls the hour of the dead
The witches stop and turn their heads
The goblins start to dance by the moon light
The vampire bats wake up and take flight
Tonight is the night to wake the dead
Lift them up from their dark sunken beds
The spider webs glow a silvery haze
The widows stalk their unsuspected prey
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist Includes Poet
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Toronto airport is a constant in Jacob McArthur Mooney's "Folk." |
Labels:
Dylan Thomas Prize,
folk,
Jacob McArthur Mooney,
poet,
shortlist
Ode to Harry's Bar
Labels:
Firenze,
Harry's Bar,
Italy,
New York City,
Puerto Vallarta,
Stories Space,
Venice
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