For Greeks, Romans, and Massachusetts, from The Oxford Book of American Poetry, edited by David Lehman (2006).
from The Kingfishers / by Charles Olson (1910-1970)
will not indicate a favoring wind,
or avert the thunderbolt
Massachusetts
DPF / Flynn
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.
DPF / Whittier
from Snow-bound: A Winter Idyll / by John Greenleaf Whittier
The sun that brief December day
Rose cheerless over hills of gray,
And, darkly circled, gave at noon
A sadder light than waning moon.
DPF / Creeley
More birds. Yes, it’s from Bright Wings again, ed. by Collins. The paintings by Sibley are worth the purchase, too.
from The Birds / by Robert Creeley
I want
to ride that air which makes the sea
seem down there, not the element
in which one thrashes to come up.
DPF / Ciardi
Am bird obsessed. So, this one is from Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds, ed. by Billy Collins, with paintings by David Allen Sibley. More information on Collins and Ciardi at www.poets.org.
from Bird Watching / by John Ciardi
A bird is a bird as long as it is
there. Then it is a miracle our crumbs and
sunflower seeds caught and let go.
DPF / Cummings
from 73 Poems: #19 / by E. E. Cummings
Q: how numb can an unworld get?
A: number
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