April 22-- sending out of the poems

Earth Day!  And so many poems we just didn't get to.  We will start with
One of the Many Days

Snowdrops  by Louise Glück

On Hearing That My Poems Were Being Studied in a Distant Place by Hyam Plutzik 

Characteristics of Life  by Camille T. Dungy   

Poetry as Insurgent Art [I am signaling you through the flames]  by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 

I don’t think there is time for:  I do not include in the packet — but if you have time, enjoy as well!

Landing Under Water, I See Roots by Annie Finch: https://poets.org/poem/landing-under-water-i-see-roots

Micro-minutes on Your Way to Work  by Brenda Hillman: https://poets.org/poem/micro-minutes-your-way-work

email: I’m delighted to see widespread possibilities for Earth Day activities next week. In a way, “Coronation” can been putting crowns on priorities… our Earth being one.

I promise… I will not smother you with links… however… should you wish, let me know.

For write up of the discussion 4/15: http://kdjospe.blogspot.com

We did not read One of the Many Days by Norman MacCaig or First Song by Galway Kinnell, nor, the MacLeish poem.

However, I would like to start our Wednesday session with the MacCaig. Again, it is  from Joy 100 poems edited by Christian Wiman. You can read the entire the introduction (which spotlights the MacCaig), here: https://theamericanscholar.org/still-wilderness/#.Xne2IC2ZOu4.

I find that our discussions go very well, with not too many poems… and yet, this is a time when poetry seems to be spilling out of the gunwales of the internet.  You might enjoy seeing the zoom technology at work of this choral reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9UmyBSMn3A. (There’s A Poem in this Place by Amanda Gorman, Youth Poet Laureate; poem read for the inaugural reading  by Tracey K. Smith, appointed US National poet laureate in 2017. https://poets.org/poem/place-american-lyric

Bernie and Elaine would be happy to help people become comfortable with zoom.  If you want to find out more and want some coaching by phone.

Take good care of yourselves… practice social distancing… (for a poet’s take on that see: https://poets.org/poem/social-distancing

but counteract the physical distancing with thoughtful sharing of your heart and voice.