Emily Dickinson, “When I have seen the Sun emerge” (888)
Only a few times have I been able to appreciate the enormity of the rising sun, I confess. Usually I’m out the door to work in the dark of early morning. ...
Category: poetry
Lorine Niedecker, “Linnaeus in Lapland”
Linnaeus, not yet known as one who could categorize all life, is out there. He’s in Lapland, enduring the bitter cold in order to study lichens (which sus...
Maureen N. McLane, “notational / sufficiency”
I’ll make a note of it, I tell myself, and I do that much. So I have built a journal filled with phrases meant to remind me of experiences I had, but thos...
Chase Twichell, “Makeshifts”
Knowledge is power, the saying goes. I confess I have not appreciated this enough. I’ll rant about the news. Try too hard to show I understand exactly why...
Sappho, “I took my lyre and said”
I took my lyre—Sappho at once pronounces herself bold, empowered, and vulnerable. Uttering a musical phrase invites others to be lost in note after note. Is the...