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day 20 of National Poetry Month ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
The poet Mona Van Duyn is another favourite. This is one of hers I hadn’t known previously — I actually was looking for another poem when I came across it. Being a sucker for bees (my first name, as many readers know, means ‘the bee’; my family might even go so far as to say…
day #19 of National Poetry Month (‘we must love one another or die’) ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie… Today I tried to eat my lunch beneath a TV set blazing with the latest tragic news from Boston. From Watertown. From hatred. No one knows why the bombers in Boston chose to murder innocent victims. The home-made bombs certainly haven’t stirred support for…
day 18 of National Poetry Month ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day. Just a big FYI. 🙂 It also was Poetry for Peace Day at a local community college. I was lucky enough to be a reader, along w/ several talented student poets and a couple of stellar colleagues. My friend Allen — a long-time social activist — organised it.…
day #17 of National Poetry Month ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Poetry always helps me with grief. With rage at injustice, with loss. With all the sorrows — as well as joys — of human existence. Today’s poem is for the many victims rippling out from the horrific centre of the Boston Marathon bombings. It’s a poem by a poet who absolutely understood ugly hate, as…
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