It’s Labor Day. You know what that means. Yep. Walt Whitman! This is one of his best known poems and it calls to mind the importance of loving the work that we do. If I had to work at any of the jobs Walt writes about, the song I would sing would be a profane […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
The Unsolved Murder of John Colman
It hasn’t been a peaceful sleep for John Colman. His was the first recorded–and as yet, unsolved!–murder in what would one day become metropolitan New York City. On September 6, 1609, our man Colman came to a violent end, the details of which were sketchily reported by a seedy crew mate. Seems our boy Colman […]
Sense the Moment
Anna Fuentes Alpine lives in Bergenfield, NJ, where she is sending her children back to school with a mixture of happiness and anxiety. In her professional life, Anna’s use of language has tended to the legal, spiritual, and social, and in her personal life, she can frequently be heard using her fluent and flawless Spanish […]
How to Send Your Child to a New School
You’ve read poetry by the remarkable Dee Thompson before (Swimming in Darkness). Not only does she write with spectacular love and understanding, but her site (The Crab Chronicles) is a treasure trove of resources for those who are anywhere at all in the process of adopting a special needs child. Let’s dedicate this inward-reaching poem […]
Laundry 101
Marla Deschenes has been writing poetry since she was 7 years old. Now 34, the topics have changed but her love of poetry still remains. Marla lives in Enfield, CT, with her husband, her stepkids, and her two beloved dogs, writing poetry whenever she can. The rest of her time is spent trying to hide […]
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