Charles Simic
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“Mirrors at 4 a.m.”
by Charles Simic from Walking the Black Cat You must come to them sideways In rooms webbed in shadow, Sneak a view of their emptiness Without them catching A glimpse of you in return. The secret is, Even the empty bed is a burden to them, A pretense. They are more themselves keeping The company Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2023
We’re doing something a little different for National Poetry Month. I noticed a lot of my pervious poetry posts become outdated when a YouTube video either gets removed or goes private. This year, I decided to make use of my Canva subscription to create pretty pictures with the poems embedded in them. This will also Continue reading
A. R. Ammons, Andrea Gibson, Bert Meyers, Brenna Twohy, Cassie Workman, César Leonardo de León, Charles Simic, Chiagoziem Jideofor, Danez Smith, Doc Luben, Ebony Stewart, Emma Bolden, Emmy Perez, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Jan Seale, Jonathan Galassi, José Antonio Rodríguez, Junious "Jay" Ward, Kate Baer, Lady Mariposa, Matt Mitchell, National Poetry Month, Pat Parker, Poetry, René Saldaña Jr., Sarah Kay, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Sienna Meadow Burnett, Tank and the Bangas, Veronica Sandoval, William J. Harris -
“Stone” by Charles Simic
I first read The World Doesn’t End by Charles Simic in college, but I carried that one book throughout the rest of my life. I often refer to it whenever I find myself in a rut for reasons I struggle to explain. So I hope that his words have as much of an effect on Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2021
“The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman “Fight for Love” by Andrea Gibson “To Elsie” by William Carlos Williams “A Life of Errands” by Leonard Cohen “American Arithmetic” by Natalie Diaz “In the Event of My Demise” by Tupac Amaru Shakur “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” by Richard Wilbur “Grief Calls Continue reading
Alex Lemon, Amanda Gorman, Andrea Gibson, Anne Sexton, Celina Gomez, Charles Simic, Claudia Rankine, Clint Smith III, Darius Simpson, Edgar Allan Poe, Franny Choi, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Isaac Nellum, Jared Singer, Joy Harjo, Justin Phillip Reed, Leonard Cohen, Molly Brodak, Natalie Diaz, National Poetry Month, Richard Wilbur, Saul Williams, Shane Koyczan, Sherman Alexie, Ted Kooser, Tracy K. Smith, Tupac Amaru Shakur, Vijay Seshadri, William Carlos Williams -
“A Brand New Scent for Modern Men Invented by Cartoons”
Charles Simic wrote about the absurdities of society in The World Doesn’t End. I wonder what he would think about the world now. When one of the greatest powers in human history has decided that pizza is now a vegetable. In which we help the rich and tax the poor. In which we ship our Continue reading
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