Reading List —Violette Taylor I have stopped waiting for divine intervention, so now I search for counsel on highway signs and in the underlined passages of used books. About the author: Violette Taylor writes to make her favorite tiny moments big enough for others to see.
The Hearth —Henry van Dyke When the logs are burning free, Then the fire is full of glee: When each heart gives out its best, Then the talk is full of zest: Light your fire and never fear, Life was made for love and cheer. [Image description: A table with a basket of bread, a […]
Today’s poem speaks to me on a deep level. I have almost 40 blank notebooks and journals, patiently waiting on the shelf of my study for their turn to be of service. Notebooks —Allison Joseph What good are notebooks? —Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime” I crave them as if craving something carnal, blankness of pages […]
The Snow Arrives After Long Silence —Nancy Willard The snow arrives after long silence from its high home where nothing leaves tracks or strains or keeps time. The sky it fell from, pale as oatmeal, bears up like sheep before shearing. The cat at my window watches amazed. So many feathers and no bird! All […]
My People —Langston Hughes Dream-singers, Story-tellers, Dancers, Loud laughers in the hands of Fate— My People. Dish-washers, Elevator-boys, Ladies’ maids, Crap-shooters, Cooks, Waiters, Jazzers, Nurses of babies, Loaders of ships, Porters, Hairdressers, Comedians in vaudeville And band-men in circuses— Dream-singers all, Story-tellers all. Dancers— God! What dancers! Singers— God! What singers! Singers and dancers, Dancers […]
