Seeing Out National Poetry Month
As National Poetry Month draws to a close, we thought we’d leave you with some voices from around the world. THE JOURNEY Margaret Reckord, Jamaica Moon-soaked she emitted a cold radiance that made all who loved her leave her alone As well they might – hers was the single silver track upmountain to the moon. […]
Olivia Gatwood Poetry
In honor of National Poetry Month, our Women’s Wednesday post this last week featured Olivia Gatwood. For this week’s blog, we offer you the first poem of hers that our founder ever heard – so profoundly impacted, she immediately purchased Ms. Gatwood’s collection, “New American Best Friend” and can’t recommend it highly enough. Check out […]
What We Never Learn, or Why “Battlestar Galactica” should be required viewing
By Leah S. Abrams What I hope is that we learned, learned so very much, about how to make a different world rather than the familiar, severely broken one, how to live up to the promise of our species. But we have been here before. Nothing, except maybe The Big Bang, and probably not even […]
Days of Covid: Empty Springside Hill
By Leah S. Abrams Clove cigarettes the scent of them wafting on breath of breeze tasting like dreamy memory pure delight of small human in its natural habitat outdoors the constants the guaranteed smile makes you PAUSE Breathe deep Become aware of the world that is beyond the world In childhood nothing so sweet as […]