Another funeral day. Today, a best friend long disconnected and the 10-year-old-part-sheepdog dog he left behind. And so, we welcome Daisy into our home and hope she finds some peace and comfort here among old friends, new children, all new to her.
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/who-god-so-asked-our-dog
from “Who is God? So Asked Our Dog” / by Dara Wier b. 1949
How many seasons are there?
Where was God born?
How many stars?
Daily themes this week. Today is a funeral day. Just attended my husband’s 7th and 8th grade football coach’s funeral. Also a Korean War vet with a flag folding and 21-gun salute, he was the kind of coach who got to know his players’ families and who motivated young boys to work harder than they ever thought possible. Complete poem here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/243008
from Dew / by David Musgrave b.1965
From Poetry 180, ed. by Billy Collins.
from Alzheimer’s / by Bob Hicok
Chairs move by themselves, and books.
Last for the themeless week. This one’s from Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, posted today. More here:
http://www.tinderboxpoetry.com/what-is-the-forest-language
from [What is the forest language] / by Jennifer Firestone
What is the forest language dark breath of green.
Another for Themeless Week, this summer’s eve. From poets.org. More here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/visitation
from The Visitation / by Brigit Pegeen Kelly b. 1951
God sends his tasks
and one does
them or not
More themeless. This one’s from APR, May/June 2014.
from Father, Insect / by Nick Flynn b. 1960
I remind my
daughter, You know, before you were
born, I was not
a father.
For this random-play week, here’s one from Poem A Day ed. by Laurie Sheck, Vol. 2. A music major at Harvard, Frank O’Hara wrote this elegy for Billie Holiday.
from The Day Lady Died / by Frank O’Hara (1926-1966)
It is 12:20 in New York a Friday
three days after Bastille day, yes
it is 1959
Random play / shuffle week. From Poetry 180, ed. by Billy Collins.
from Praise Song / by Lucille Clifton 1936-2010
to my aunt blanche
who rolled from grass to driveway
into the street one sunday morning.
More themeless. From The Penguin Book of Women Poets, edited by Carol Cosman, Joan Keefe and Kathleen Weaver.
from Three Poems / by Ping Hsin, b. 1900, trans. by Julia C. Lin
The fishing boats have returned!
Behold the specks of red light above the river!
A themeless week with some about fathers. This one’s from Contemporary Russian Poetry, translated by Gerald S. Smith.
from Portait of My Father / by Ivan Zhadanov b. 1948
and on the throne floor with poppyseed thunder
plays a baby
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