Winding up March 2020 selection of poems and update

I hope you are all faring well, and finding ways to deal with the “new normal.”  Here is a lovely

 gift from the Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra:  https://youtu.be/3eXT60rbBVk

free museum entry: http://mcn.edu/a-guide-to-virtual-museum-resources/?fbclid=IwAR1Kt_-O42utyzE63fSQMo__U1e2jaaMK4MRRoIFTw0fnS-eRn2jvMRVmy4 

LIST OF POEMS:

from Judith: The Grief of a Girl’s Heart" attributed to Lady Gregory.  It’s different from this one: https://westcorkcollegewords.wordpress.com/poetry-ponderings/grief-of-a-girls-heart/ 

Raglan Road: Patrick Kavanagh https://allpoetry.com/On-Raglan-Road

(and sing the ballad “Cockles and Mussels”— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNdU6bGE5E

in case you don’t know about Molly Malone — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone

1.  THE EVERLASTING SELF  by Tracy K. Smith,

2. TODAY, ANOTHER UNIVERSE by Jane Hirshfield
3. SINGULARITY by Marie Howe
4.  A BRAVE AND STARTLING TRUTH by Maya Angelou
5.  THE MUSHROOM HUNTERS by Neil Gaiman

6. THEORIES OF EVERYTHING by Rebecca Elson

7.  ON THE FIFTH DAY by Jane Hirshfield
8. Gold Mountain  by Emily Yong
9. Morning Song  by Sara Teasdale 
10.    WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREES by Mary Oliver
11. Spring Morning by Marion Strobel

 PLEASE pick any favorites you’d like to discuss at a future date and let me know.  I apologize for the length of the document… but would appreciate a cursory look and response if you deem appropriate. 

Last Wednesday, thanks to the prompting of John, we gathered to discuss the poems sent out  March 25-6

via zoom.  If you wish to try zoom out, and haven’t indicated it yet, could I ask you to kindly let me know?

If you wish to see a quite cursory summary of the discussion, you can find it here: http://kdjospe.blogspot.com

zoom update:  Ken is attending a consumer reports video conference on Tuesday 3/31 at 1 pm on how to navigate potential security concerns, and tips to change setting to provide more security on Zoom and other apps to find out more.  He has promised to send me any information.

for meeting: Everyone is welcome to join in on a zoom meeting! You need to download zoom.com

You will receive an invitation from Elaine, since she has no restriction on time with her zoom account, but I will moderate.

Both O Pen (Pittsford Library) and Poetry Oasis (Rundel) participa