Summer Week 1 BY JACK COLDICOTT
Tag: Fire
Laura McDermott Matheric – Flame and Draft
The sultry lines of Laura McDermott Matheric's poem "Flame and Draft" burn and flicker with devotion and passion.
Wendy Blaxland – Midwinter fire
Prolific Australian writer Wendy Blaxland presents the sparseness of three warm lines to ward off the boreal chill in her poem "Midwinter fire".
Naomi Shihab Nye – Burning the Old Year
Naomi Shihab Nye's poem for the New Year is reminiscent of the tradition of 'Año Nuevo' in some Latin American countries.
John Paul Caponigro – Test for Echo
John Paul Caponigro's "Test for Echo" is an ode to connection and communication in a world that feels as disconnected as ever.
‘A Heart Slowly Reduced to Embers’: W. G. Sebald on the Fires That Burn Inside and Outside
"From the earliest times, human civilization has been no more than a strange luminescence growing more intense by the hour, of which no one can say when it will begin wane and when it will fade away."
Pete Mackey – Mourning
The first spark of Pete Mackey's poem Mourning appeared one evening as he was cleaning his fireplace—a nightly ritual in Massachusetts winters.
Molly Peacock – What If, When We Said I Love You, There Were A You To Love?
In order to really love, Thich Nhat Hanh proposes, we need to consider the elements of true love: benevolence, compassion, joy and freedom. But what about the more fundamental problem of selfishness? Can we ever love wholeheartedly in a way that puts the wellbeing of the other person - our beloved or a stranger -… Continue reading Molly Peacock – What If, When We Said I Love You, There Were A You To Love?