Many thanks to Pentimento for sharing with me her favorite poem, by Conrad Aiken. She thought I was quoting from it, in my recent rainy post;  if only. It is the kind of poem I wish I'd written myself. (I fixed the link below so that you can access the whole poem;  you do have to scroll down to the table of contents and click on it, however). And in the Hanging ...

by Daniel Foty Hmm.... Hair blows in the wind. After years there is still wind. Sadly no more hair. That's a little haiku by Herman van Rompuy; he's apparently writing about himself, but that's a perfect ode to Vermont's uniformly follicly-challenged Congressional delegation.... And who is Herman van Rompuy?  Apparently, he was recently (all done "on the inside" of ...

... to my apple tree....) Enough of that. Just click on Comments, then LEAVE YOUR NAME AND A LINK, say a little something about your Poetry Friday page, and I will round it all up and guide people to your blogs throughout the day. OKAY NOW - Let the wild poetry rumpus start!  EARLY BIRDS (links left in ...

... Karen Edmisten mentioned The Mouse of Amherst in a Poetry Friday post. I ordered it immediately, but not until yesterday ... mouse and poet exchange their thoughts in writing, poetry is depicted as a vessel that catches the overflow and the cross ... written by Emmaline — do not condescend. Enough reaction to the poetry is given to begin the process of interpretation, but it is not analyzed or flatly ...

... at Writer’s Block Poetry First Draft Poetry Night on Friday, November 20 at 8:00 ... his words and then allows Colin to tranform their feeling into music. It is poetry in musical motion with these two, and they are sure to give us an engaging and entertaining feature ... the traditional First Draft open mic. First Draft is a poetry night where new poems and new poets are always welcome. Cover is $3 ...

CORETTA SCOTT Poetry by Ntozake Shange Paintings by Kadir Nelson For POETRY FRIDAY today, I'm not sharing just a poem. Instead, I' ... Today I'm sharing Ntozake Shange's beautiful poetry picture book, CORETTA SCOTT. Shange has taken just a ... person's life, then write a poem, using CORETTA as a mentor text. This is definitely a book to add to your poetry and/or biography collection…