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Category: Poetry

Denise Levertov
Poetry

Denise Levertov – The Secret

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 Vanessa Able

The unintentional authoring of a line that reveals something profound to a reader, remains a mystery to the author herself.

Tagged authorship, creativity, Insight, meaning, mystery, Poem, Poetry, secretLeave a comment
Linda Pastan
Poetry

Linda Pastan – Why Are Your Poems So Dark?

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Vanessa Able

Linda Pastan's poem is an ode to the power of the ubiquitous and necessary darkness, and sadness, in our lives.

Tagged beauty, Darkness, Moon, Poetry, SadnessLeave a comment
Archibald Macleish
Poetry

Archibald Macleish – Ars Poetica

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Vanessa Able

A reflection on the silence, stillness and powerful presence of poetry by one of the 21st century's leading modernist poets.

Tagged Advice, Poetry, reflection, Silence, StillnessLeave a comment
Danielle Pieratti
Poetry

Danielle Pieratti – Rubric for Burying a Hen

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 Vanessa Able

Danielle Pieratti's 'Rubric for Burying a Hen' is a heartbreaking account of what it is to fail to sustain someone or something in our care.

Tagged Death, loss, love, motherhood, parenthood, self-acceptanceLeave a comment
Jane Hirshfield
Poetry

Jane Hirshfield – For What Binds Us

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Vanessa Able

What it is that brings us together, binds our relationships and heals our wounds, even beyond the limits of our own agency?

Tagged forces, gravity, love, Poem, proud flesh, relationship, scars, wounds1 Comment
Dewdrop
Poetry

Ziyong Chengru – Ten Verses

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Vanessa Able

Chinese Nun Ziyong Chengru on the pain of parting and how to draw solace from the cyclical nature of time and landscape.

Tagged Chan, Chinese Zen, Compassion, cycles, faith, grief, impermanence, journey, loss, nature, Poetry, Travel, ZenLeave a comment
Kahlil Gibran
Poetry

Kahlil Gibran – Fear

January 19, 2023January 16, 2023 Vanessa Able

Kahlil Gibran's poem on the fear of dissipation is a call to faith, to trust in the oceanic nature of the life-manifesting force.

Tagged becoming, Death, faith, Fear, ocean, Poetry, river, trust2 Comments
Poetry

Naomi Shihab Nye – Burning the Old Year

January 1, 2023December 31, 2022 Vanessa Able

Naomi Shihab Nye's poem for the New Year is reminiscent of the tradition of 'Año Nuevo' in some Latin American countries.

Tagged Fire, letting go, new year, Poetry, regret, relinquishment, tradition1 Comment
Poetry

Sandra M. Castillo – Christmas, 1970

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Vanessa Able

Cuban-born Sandra M. Castillo writes about her first Christmas in the United States, when she was just eight years old.

Tagged grief, home, Homesickness, Immigration, loss, memory, PoetryLeave a comment
Billy Collins
Poetry

Billy Collins – Shoveling Snow With Buddha

November 30, 2022December 1, 2022 Vanessa Able

Collins' outlandish and endearing image of the Buddha's wholehearted snow shoveling, with thoughts of hot chocolate and an imminent game of cards.

Tagged Buddha, Buddhism, Humor, Practice, sacred, snow, winter, work1 Comment

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