Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts

Friday, June 19, 2026

Who is your favorite poet who is still alive?

 I love Billy Collins.

Do you?

His poems are short, yet concise

And that is what poetry is all about:

Check out his poem:

MARGINALIA BY BILLY COLLINS


He is still alive.

He is awesome.

Check him out online.

Buy his paperbacks.

Support a Writer.  

Support American Literature. 

Get an English Degree. 

And then go on with your lives.

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Emily Dickenson --I am nobody. Who are you?

 I'm nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog

To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!




Finding Solace in Literature

  Are you feeling lonely and stressed out this weekend? How about reading a good book, finding solace in literature, and using reading as a ...