For falling off bikes, from The Best American Poetry, 2013, guest edited by Denise Duhamel. Series editor, David Lehman.
from The Wrong Question / by Tony Hoagland
but now I find that I have never been all right.
There is something soft and childish at my core
I have not been able to eliminate.
For mosaics, from Poetry Foundation. The rest of the poem may be found here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182363
from The Sheep Who Fastened the Sky to the Ground / by Oni Buchanan, b. 1975
I gathered
For James Tate who died last night. Audio and visual of the complete poem, a fragment of his life, below. Will miss your live voice out and about in this world.
Of Whom Am I Afraid / by James Tate (1943–2015)
https://splitwindow.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/of-whom-am-i-afraid-james-tate/
For blues, from Poetry Foundation. The rest of the poem is here:
Poetry Foundation
from Jook Joint Saturday Night / by J. Patrick Lewis, b. 1942
More for the children of October, from An Eyeball in My Garden. More about our own Kevin here:
http://www.kevinmcnamee.com/
from Our Neighborhood / by Kevin McNamee
Ms. Johnson saves her pennies,
Which she gives out as a treat.
I think she stores them in her shoes —
Her pennies smell like feet!
For Earth, from american poets, The Journal of the Academy of American Poets, Spring-Summer 2014. More about the poet here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/rachel-zucker#poet
from Wish You Were Here You Are / by Rachel Zucker b. 1971
he’s 11 & in between 2 kinds of time on the verge
of worlds
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.
For this week’s back-to-work theme, an easy one: birds. This one’s from Bright Wings, the anthology edited by Billy Collins with paintings by David Allen Sibley. Less than eight months to Christmas. 🙂
from Christmas Sparrow / by Billy Collins
breathing there
among the metallic angels, ceramic apples, stars of yarn
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