Poetry
234. still, got twenty-eight teeth to shine
I learned about Jenni last year when her memoir “Ootlin” was published by Penguin.
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233. Why our own little garden had no apples
Today, Nowruz, the Persian New Year and spring equinox, is being celebrated in Iran
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232. Then, soon, love will also be called crisis
Lyuba Yakimchuk is a Ukrainian poet, playwright, and screenwriter. She has been named one of the hun...
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231. I always dream with open eyes
José Martí, the Cuban poet, and revolutionary philosopher, is considered a national hero of Cuba
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230. my Christmas gift to you and yours to me
In some parts of Ireland, January 6 has traditionally been a day when hardworking women pause their...
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229. Jenny, I got your number
The phone number from the classic Tommy Tutone song "867-5309/Jenny” is now used to connect callers...
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228. In memory of that day
A reader shared a poem written by Charles Budd. She hasn’t mentioned anything about the poet. Howeve...
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227. The man who speaks of the enemy is the enemy himself
Bertolt Brecht, the German poet, playwright, and theater director, is famous for developing "epic th...
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226. The art of losing isn’t hard to master
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was an American poet and short-story writer
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225. come back one day and blow through me
Cate Kennedy is a novelist and poet with three poetry collections
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224. Words spoken by droplets and leaves
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938) was an Italian poet, playwright, journalist, and politician, and ser...
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223. There are a thousand bars to see
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) was an Austrian poet and novelist born in Prague.
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