The final sunset of 2021, as seen from our South Florida neighborhood. This is a short post to share a "poet" I recently discovered. As a Florida transplant, I love learning new details about Florida's rich history. I stumbled on this page with links to the poems in George E. Merrick's collection, Songs of the … Continue reading George E. Merrick’s poems about Florida
Tag: Poetry
Delightful things to read, watch, and listen to lately
Scene from Netflix's The Dig I have read, watched, and listened to so many wonderful things in recent days that I decided to combine them all into one long list of recommendations. Some of them are new releases and some are simply new to me. "The Dig" (Netflix) This is a wonderful depiction of the … Continue reading Delightful things to read, watch, and listen to lately
The Duke of Glenn’s Creek
It has now been two years since we first moved to Florida. It was a bittersweet move, considering that my giant, 200-pound English Mastiff, Duke of Glenn's Creek (Duke) passed away in the hours right after we closed on our new beach house. He had been eleven-and-a-half years old - according to the vet, the … Continue reading The Duke of Glenn’s Creek
Poems about parenthood
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart. Jeremiah 1:5 In honor the annual March for Life, here is some poetry about the most important, sacred journey we take as human beings - bringing someone new into this world. Blessing of an Expectant Mother (Medieval … Continue reading Poems about parenthood
Marshlands
A thin wet sky, that yellows at the rim,And meets with sun-lost lip the marsh’s brim. The pools low lying, dank with moss and mould,Glint through their mildews like large cups of gold. Among the wild rice in the still lagoon,In monotone the lizard shrills his tune. The wild goose, homing, seeks a sheltering,Where rushes … Continue reading Marshlands
Aristotle’s Ethics in the Poetry of Joy Harjo
I like serendipity, especially serendipity in ideas. Today I was reading Prufrock, an email newsletter of sorts on arts and letters (I look forward to seeing it land in my inbox every morning - highly recommend subscribing.) The author, Micah Mattix, was talking about how he has finished a series of lectures on Aristotle's Nicomachean … Continue reading Aristotle’s Ethics in the Poetry of Joy Harjo
High Tea, Sherlock Sports a Bow Tie
I have encountered other homeschoolers who have a ritual of enjoying afternoon tea and reading poetry aloud for their children. We prefer to read novels and nonfiction books as a family in the evenings (when we aren't playing board games or Dungeons and Dragons). It has evolved into a sort of family literary society, where … Continue reading High Tea, Sherlock Sports a Bow Tie
Advice on getting along, from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Of Merlin wise I learned a song,—Sing it low or sing it loud,It is mightier than the strong,And punishes the proud.I sing it to the surging crowd,—Good men it will calm and cheer,Bad men it will chain and cage—In the heart of the music peals a strainWhich only angels hear;Whether it waken joy or rageHushed … Continue reading Advice on getting along, from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Days of Sunshine 