Tag Archives: "August"

August: The River Flames Like Brass

Reese writes one of the very best poems about August.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , | Comments closed

Ensnar’d with Flow’rs I Fall on Grass

Friday I found utterly dispiriting this past week’s Democratic debates in which candidates lasered in on tiny differences while a fire rages all around us. I haven’t wanted to relax my vigilance regarding Donald Trump since autocrats win when we become so worn down that we stop paying attention. Nevertheless, these two wretched debates made […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

Apples That Taste of Earth and Song

Apples bring out poetic creativity, all the more so because the West has seen them as the forbidden fruit. I share here a selection of tempting apple poems.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments closed

The Black Honey of Summer

My son’s marriage proposal to his Trinidadian girlfriend has become bound up in my mind with a Mary Oliver poem about blackberries.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , | Comments closed