Tag Archives: Poetry

Poetry Generator

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

Last week, Google launched its AI poem generator, PoemPortraits.  How  does it work? It’s really quite simple. The generator asks you to input, or “donate,” a word to be produced into an algorithmic couplet, as lifted from millions of words … Continue reading →

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Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower Rainer Maria Rilke Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, … Continue reading →

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Perpetually Awaiting A Rebirth of Wonder

Posted on March 24, 2019 by

Today is the 100th birthday of America’s most loved living poet. If you spend any time at TBTP, you have by now likely noticed my fondness for Lawrence Ferlinghetti. In fact, the first poetry books that I bought were his A … Continue reading →

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The Carrier of Ladders

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

This week the two-time Poet Laureat of the U.S. and two-time Pulitzer prizewinning poet W.S. Merwin died at the age of 91. One of America’s best known and loved writers, Merwin managed to weave themes of spirituality, politics, relationships, and … Continue reading →

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Poetry Racket

Posted on February 10, 2019 by

©Tom Gauld  

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Nothing is harder on the soul

Posted on February 3, 2019 by

One of my happiest moments was finding one of my books for sale at the iconic City Lights in San Francisco many, many years ago. I am pleased to see that they continue to be a beacon for truth and … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile the world goes on

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

Even if you are not a regular reader of poetry, it’s likely that you have run across the work of Mary Oliver. Her writing is so simple, straightforward and accessible that it has found its way onto posters, mugs, and … Continue reading →

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In the vast abyss before time

Posted on January 16, 2019 by

HOW IT SEEMS TO ME by Ursula K. Le Guin In the vast abyss before time, self is not, and soul commingles with mist, and rock, and light. In time, soul brings the misty self to be. Then slow time … Continue reading →

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Setting Up Signals Across Vast Distances

Posted on January 1, 2019 by

POEM Muriel Rukeyser I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane, The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories, The news would pour out of various devices Interrupted by attempts … Continue reading →

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Another Caturday

Posted on November 17, 2018 by

h/t William Blake

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