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Tag Archives: Poetry
The Immigrants
The Immigrants: A Poem by Joe Napora is based on a photograph of his immigrant father’s family. The chapbook was illustrated and letterpress printed in 1993 by Jim Lee for his Blue Moon Press in Glastonbury, Connecticut in an edition of 90 copies. The types are Jan Tschichold’s … Continue reading
The Kind of Books They Read
William Carlos Williams
Book Power
BOOK POWER by Gwendolyn Brooks BOOKS FEED AND CURE AND CHORTLE AND COLLIDE In all this willful world of thud and thump and thunder man’s relevance to books continues to declare. Books are meat and medicine and flame and flight … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Children's literature, Gwendolyn Brooks, Poetry
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My First Memory of Librarians
A last tribute to libraries and librarians for National Library Week from the brilliant Nikki Giovanni. MY FIRST MEMORY (OF LIBRARIANS) This is my first memory: A big room with heavy wooden tables that sat on a creaky wood floor … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged National Library Week, National Poetry Month, Nikki Giovanni, Poetry
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Through me forbidden voices
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, illustrator Rockwell Kent
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Leaves of Grass, Poetry, Rockwell Kent, Walt Whitman
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There is no frigate like a book
There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears … Continue reading
of seeking or finding
Talking about Walt Whitman this week with my friend L. sent we searching for a remembered short poem about the great man by another favorite writer Langston Hughes.
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Langston Hughes, Poetry, Thomas Eakins, Walt Whitman
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So, you want to be a writer ?
The poet Charles Bukowski would seem to be the least likely person one would turn to for career advice, but this little piece is oddly moving. don’t be like so many writers, don’t be like so many thousands of people … Continue reading
