Some of my friends have been in a funk lately, and I thought they might appreciate this. Ragged Sonnet: When in a Deep Depression by Leonard Nathan When in a deep depression of the self, I see on every side,…
Poetry: Shakespearean Sonnet
Shakespearean Sonnet by R.S. Gwynn With a first line taken from the tv listings A man is haunted by his father’s ghost. Boy meets girl while feuding families fight. A Scottish king is murdered by his host. Two couples get…
Poetry: The First Green of Spring
The First Green of Spring –David Budbill From Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse Out walking in the swamp picking cowslip, marsh marigold, this sweet first green of spring. Now sautéed in a pan melting to a deeper…
Poetry: I Will Make You Brooches
I Will Make You Brooches –Robert Louis Stevenson. I will make you brooches and toys for your delight Of bird-song at morning and star-shine at night. I will make a palace fit for you and me Of green days in…
Poetry: The Months
The Months –Linda Pastan From The Last Uncle March When the Earl King came to steal away the child in Goethe’s poem, the father said don’t be afraid, it’s just the wind… As if it weren’t the wind that blows…
Poetry: Ice Storm
Ice Storm –Jane Kenyon From Otherwise: New and Selected Poems For the hemlocks and broad-leafed evergreens a beautiful and precarious state of being… Here in the suburbs of New Haven nature, unrestrained, lops the weaker limbs of shrubs and trees…
Poetry: Landscape
Landscape –Mary Oliver From Dream Work Isn’t it plain the sheets of moss, except that they have no tongues, could lecture all day if they wanted about spiritual patience? Isn’t it clear the black oaks along the path are standing…
Poetry: The Helen Poems
Tuition Costs –Victor Depta From The Helen Poems I’d raised a child, practically as if the end were something I’d thought about prepared for, worked toward when, in fact, I was amazed how little time was left what with the…
Poetry: The State of the Economy
The State of the Economy –Louis Jenkins From Sea Smoke There might be some change on top of the dresser at the back, and we should check the washer and the dryer. Check under the floor mats of the car.…
Meditations on Gratitude
Meditations on Gratitude –O. Eugene Pickett, 4th president of UUA, 1979-1985 For the expanding grandeur of Creation, worlds known and unknown, galaxies beyond galaxies, filling us with awe and challenging our imaginations: We give thanks this day. For this fragile…