More weather. Snow, my favorite. But, also, rain is my favorite. And, fog. But, here’s snow. APR May/June 2014
from The Sound and Silence of the World Now / by Marianne Boruch
enraptured by the sudden what a score
middle of winter, deep snow in this village I never heard of but
More weather, in general. Actually, more clouds. This one is from APR (The American Poetry Review) May/June 2014.
from A Little Chat I’ll Have with the Very Next Horse I Meet / by Alan Michael Parker
Look, the clouds are running together
like cousins —
A little weather. More here and here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/snow-globe
from Snow Globe / by Kathy Fagan
Color: snow day with autumn
leaves inside it
I think I will go with weather this week. Feeling likes it’s going to be a really tempestuous one here, as it is the final week of the elementary year. And, since my brain is feeling foggy in advance of the maelstrom, here’s a favorite fog poem.
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/fog
from Fog / by Carl Sandburg b. 1878
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
Last day for silence this week. And, more here and here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/silence-1
http://www.poemhunter.com/thomas-hood/biography/
from Silence / by Thomas Hood b. 1789
There is a silence where hath been no sound,
There is a silence where no sound may be,
More silence for Ms. Angelou, once silent for years, but now forever not. With all her words scattered near and far and everywhere translated in between, never ever silent forever. And, more here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178944
from Kin / by Maya Angelou b. 1928
More on silence. Or, “Moore” on silence. No Marianne Moore yet?! Fathers and daughters: here’s a quote from her father, below. More/Moore here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/silence-2
from Silence / by Marianne Moore b. 1887
“The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
not in silence, but restraint.”
And, more silence. And, more here and here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/what-are-consequences-silence
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/bhanu-kapil
from What are the Consequences of Silence? 53. / by Bhanu Kapil Rider b. 1968
Opening in slow motion: are you okay? Are you okay? Can
you hear me?
(I can’t)
More silence. And, more here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/ghazal-silence
from Ghazal in Silence / by Mimi Khalvati b.1944
Three syllables of equal weight, equal stress,
dropped in a well, keep falling short in silence.
More silence. And, more here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/bone-silence
from Bone & Silence / by Gerald Fleming
…and at last Bone feels entitled to speak to Silence. There are prerequisites: proper depth, aridity, desiccation, ph balance, density, and a kind of confidence.
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