by paige on April 29, 2010
DO YOU KNOW that today is Poem in Your Pocket Day? Celebrate verse and its authors today by carrying and sharing a poem you especially treasure. Maybe you’ll choose one of our faves, like Lucille Clifton’s “Sisters”, or any of those we gathered a while back when we were compiling our very own commonplace books. For more inspiration, be sure to check out the website of the American Academy of Poets, the fine folks who organize this special day, every year. In honor of the day, another sister poem, this one by Rainer Marie Rilke: [click to continue…]
by paige on October 13, 2009
A FRIEND GOING THROUGH an unspeakably sad time turned me on to this Charlotte Martin song; she had it on repeat during grief-stricken days, and though all is well in my corner of the world, I find its sentiment and beauty reassuring. Enjoy.
by paige on October 1, 2009
POET LUCILLE CLIFTON, I’m ashamed to say, was unknown to me until a recent afternoon spent soaking in literature procrastinating at the incredible Academy of American Poets website, poets.org. [click to continue…]
by paige on August 20, 2009
A knitted poem project contribution, from London knit shop Prick Your Finger
FROM THE “OH, HOW WE WISH we’d thought of that” files comes this project, both inspired and oddly moving: the knitted poem. Yes, a poem. Rendered letter by fastidious letter in knitted squares. [click to continue…]
by paige on June 19, 2009
A 17th Century Commonplace Book
O NE OF MY SISTER-FRIENDS is going through a rough, tough time. Wisely, I think, she’s remembered to put out the call to her sisters both real (lucky girl, she has two of them) and virtual for support. I was particularly struck by a brilliant request she made a couple of weeks ago. What did she ask for to get her through? You’ll never guess. [click to continue…]
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