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Category Archives: poetry
Farewell to Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The legendary Lawrence Ferlinghetti died yesterday, leaving a legacy of literacy and poetry and, of course, San Francisco’s pioneering City Lights bookstore. Aged 101, he loomed large in the city he loved, and his light shone like a beacon of … Continue reading
Posted in books, creativity, poetry, writing
Tagged City Lights, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, The Nose of Sisyhphus
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Found fragments: stray poem
I’m a pack rat. I save way too many things. Sometimes, I look at some of what has been saved. Sometimes, what I see again for the first time after a long time grabs my attention. So, sometimes, I share … Continue reading
Miracles & Angels
Austin Kleon has often said, “A notebook is a good place for bad ideas.” Maybe my back porch blog here is a good place for incomplete poetry or songs. I recently found this poem that I must have written at … Continue reading
Inspirational, Insufferable — and, yet, Logical
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, And remember what peace there may be, in silence. If that sounds vaguely familiar, you may even heard a heavenly choir rising behind those spoken words in your memory. If you were alive in … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, songs
Tagged Desiderata, Detiorata, Leonard Nimoy, National Lampoon
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Found Fragments
As a writer, scribbling random words, brief passages, and tangential thoughts just kinda comes naturally to me, and then I end up with all these scraps of paper I’m afraid to throw out for fear of losing something I once … Continue reading
Free Stuff
Who doesn’t like free stuff? Sure, there are some give-aways you wish you had never gotten and unsolicited junk mail samples galore. But there are indeed genuine free resources out there, and here’s a list of a few of them. Let’s … Continue reading
“My Grandfather” by Joanie Whitebird
July 1 was Joanie Whitebird’s birthday — were she alive today, she would be turning 66. I can almost hear her laughing out loud at the thought. Posting this poem of hers seems an appropriate remembrance. my grandfather worked as a … Continue reading
For Vassar
Once again, I’ll turn to the poetry of others for today’s post. This is a follow-up on the prior poetry posting featuring a poem apiece by Vassar Miller and Joanie Whitebird. This poem is Joanie’s tribute to her good friend as run by the … Continue reading
Two Poets — Two Poems
turning the blog over to the words of two poets today: J. Whitebird and Vassar Miller J. Whitebird (“poemail” postcard, 1990) COMING HOME by Vassar Miller (Small Change, Wings Press, 1976) I quit waiting up for myself, slop over in a burp … Continue reading