It's just poetry, it won't bite

Not a hobby or a sport; my life

11.14.11 Posted in today's words by

Natalie Bosch is a high school student who lives and writes in Virginia. In her own words: “I work, think, sleep, live at a barn and horses are a big part of my life. I wrote this poem after I came home and my hands smelled like supplements and grain.” Natalie makes the barn spring […]


Footsteps Through Fall

11.14.11 Posted in words to linger on by

Galit Breen is a writer freezing in Minnesota. On any given day she can be found juggling 3 children, 1 husband, 1 puggle, and 1 laptop. Visit her blog. Footsteps Through Fall By Galit Breen Leaves crinkle beneath my feet. Air crisps against my cheeks. Bonfire smoke dances towards my heart. I glimpse splashes of color […]


Going to Work When I’m Sick

11.13.11 Posted in today's words by

William Cullen Jr has had his poems published in a number of journals over the years includingAsahi/International Herald Tribune, Boston Literary Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Farming Magazine, Grey Sparrow Journal, Home Planet News, Mainichi Daily News, Modern Haiku, and Plainsong. Bill works at a nonprofit in Brooklyn NY. He’s married and has 2 college-aged sons. He […]


Porcelain

11.12.11 Posted in today's words by

PD Lyons’ most recent poem to appear here was When I wrote new songs and you would listen out of friendship, published as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men had Ears. Today’s poem was Inspired by the music of Helen Jane Long. PorcelainBy PD Lyons cold spills of rain magpies searching with the light always dreaming […]


Fiddlehead

11.11.11 Posted in today's words by

Katherine Glatter lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband and 2 daughters. She moved from Northeast Ohio where she ran a successful massage therapy practice for many years. She came to Massachusetts to study at The Alexander Technique School of New England. Her interests include hiking, biking, yoga, singing Sacred Harp, and raising her family. […]


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