Figured I'd end National Poetry month with a list of a few poets and their pets: Edgar Allan Poe--parrot, bobolink, and a cat he was especially fond of. Alfred, Lord Tennyson--had a snake while at Cambridge. Lord Byron--had a tame bear while at Cambridge, a Newfoundland named Boatswain. Robert Burns--collie named Thurlow. Christina Rossetti--a large... Continue Reading →
Lonely or Alone?
Loneliness or Loner... There is a difference between being lonely and being alone. This is one of the topics that frequently pop in introduction to psychology classes. The discussion tends to focus on the potential health hazards concerning feelings of loneliness and depression, but seldom is there any discussion about being alone and and/or being... Continue Reading →
Time, learning, and life experience allow for multiple interpretations of the same poem.
A few books of poetry should be on every reader's bookshelf.
Spending and Sharing Time
Time, like money, is something we can spend, borrow, steal, donate, and share. Diaries and memoirs are one way for writers to share a bit of their time with us. Margaret Sartor’s Miss American Pie A Diary of Love, Secrets, and Growing Up in the 1970s can be read on a couple of levels. It... Continue Reading →
On Poetry
"If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” -Emily Dickinson-
Bull Durham is more than a Baseball Movie
or Why Kevin Costner Baseball Movies are about More than Baseball The best baseball movies are seldom just about baseball. Baseball may serve as a setting or a plot device, but the story itself is about something more than baseball. Field of Dreams (another Kevin Costner movie) isn’t about baseball as much as it is... Continue Reading →
Reels, Records, & Reads
A selection for National Poetry Month: Barfly with Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, and Alice Krige The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes Paradise Lost by John Milton
literary criticism: the art or practice of judging and commenting on the qualities and character of literary works
The Lust for Tragic Spectacle
Sylvia Plath's "Aftermath" and the Tragedy Lookie-Loos I am a avid reader of poetry but April, National Poetry Month, is a time for a closer look and a bit of introspection when it comes to my shelf of poetry books. I pulled Sylvia Plath's The Colossus and Other Poems the other day and thumbed through... Continue Reading →
Reels, Records, & Reads 
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