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
For odd creatures & moons, from Poetry, July/August 2014.
from Werewolf on the Moon / by Amanda Calderon
No Kenney yet? Here go! This one’s from Poetry again, December 2012. The rest of the poem is here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/244936
from March / by Richard Kenney b. 1948
Blues! Blooms! The yodel
of the chimney in night wind.
For Navajo myths, from Chicago Review, Volume 23, Number 4 and Volume 24, Number 1 (1972).
from Spell / by Morton Marcus (1936–2009)
she knows we look
for our father
the sun
For elegies. No Crane yet? This one’s from Chief Modern Poets of Britain and America, Fifth Edition, ed. by Sanders, Nelson and Rosenthal. A fellow Ohioan.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/hart-crane
from Royal Palm / by Hart Crane (1899-1932)
Green rustlings, more than regal charities
Drift coolly from that tower of whispered light.
More birds. Another from, Bright Wings, ed. by Billy Collins. More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/juliana-gray
from Rose-Breasted Grosbeak / by Juliana Gray
heart’s blood, blush or flush or crush of wine-
dark berries over snow.
For miracles. This one’s from the book, Villanelles, ed. by Annie Finch and Marie-Elizabeth Mali. More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/molly-peacock
from Little Miracle / by Molly Peacock b. 1949
No use getting hysterical.
The important part is: we’re here.
Our lives are a little miracle.
More weather, maybe. I take it to be sun, maybe, so, a sunny day. This one’s from the book, Villanelles. Ophelia, I love. And, Cordelia. Lovely villanelle.
from Ophelia: A Wreath / by Ned Balbo b.1959
Water like glass unbroken, silent stream
Of glitterings, sky-fallings.
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.”
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