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Robert Bly
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Robert Bly – When William Stafford Died

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Vanessa Able

After the death of the poet William Stafford in 1993, his friend Robert Bly wrote this tribute against the image of water flowing down the rocks of Montana gullies.

Tagged acceptance, Affection, current, Death, flow, friendship, homage, Poetry, Stream, tributeLeave a comment
M. Christine Benner Dixon
Featured Poetry

M. Christine Benner Dixon – Portrait of Dad at the Cutting Board

May 30, 2021May 24, 2021 Vanessa Able

M. Christine Benner Dixon's poem is an intimate portrait of her father, remembered from childhood.

Tagged childhood, father, memory, portrait, ritual, tribute2 Comments
Mary Oliver
Book Bits

The Poem Is a Place in Which to Feel: Mary Oliver’s Tribute to Walt Whitman

May 28, 2021May 24, 2021 Vanessa Able

In this stirring tribute to her shadow-companion and first poetic love Walt Whitman, poet Mary Oliver describes the experience of awakening to poetry as a door to the temple, a place 'in which to feel'.

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All About Love

When I Run Out of Murakami

April 22, 2021May 6, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY CHRIS KING When romantic love falls apart, literary love keeps a bibliophile going. Lovers come and go but Murakami is always there, waiting on the shelf.

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