Philip Larkin, “The Mower”
Twitter can be a good thing, if you’re not committed to speaking trash nonstop like I am. My thanks to Alex Alvarez for introducing her audience to this l...
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Yosa Buson, “Yearning for the Past”
Lengthening days accumulate: this surprised me a bit. I haven’t given much attention to the days getting longer except for the obligatory “hey, we&#...
Jane Hirshfield, “All the Difficult Hours and Minutes”
Really, there is no better beginning. All the difficult hours and minutes are like salted plums in a jar. You taste the sweet, the sour, the salt all too much. ...
Amy King, “I’ve Opted for a Heart This Mid-November Morn”
I know and you know that the world is cold. Not only unfeeling, but lacking clear motive. Not only lacking motive, but subconsciously cruel, looking for opportu...
Emily Dickinson, “No Prisoner be” (720)
You relax, it works, the thought strikes. Wait a second, I couldn’t have done this before? I could have hit “Start” and switched the game to &...