The small book we picked up to read,
my husband and I, offers a poem
by Tony Hoagland. First I read the poem, which I think of as
the sunlight poem, out loud. And then my hubby
read it back to me.
It was a Thanksgiving Time night as we discovered
Tony Hoagland’s surprise idea, in this poem,
The Word.
It must have inhabited my soul. Because next day I
collected myself to leave a bag inside a
neighbor’s porch and I couldn’t move. I couldn’t move because
I saw anew everyday leaves on trees in our yard that were background for days. Now
they were in fact the autumn Sun come down to our little patch of Earth
We had read magic to each other from The Word, found in
How to Love the World edited by James Crews and given to
me by a dear poetry pal, who I send leaves of sun to.
I found The Word online shared by a Maine Poet Laureate, Stuart Kestenbaum.
I wish you poems that inhabit your soul & I wish you visits from Sun.
READINGS – I didn’t wait for winter to start my season’s readings. Betwixt now and end of January I anticipate Alphabet of Angels/Nancy Willard words & images::::Father Christmas Letters/J.R.R.Tolkein:::: Marley’s Ghost/David Leviathan, illus Brian Selznick:::: Eight Knights of Hanukkah/ Leslie Kimmelman, illusGalia Bernstein:::: Miss Velma’s Compendium of Euphonious Carols [privately printed] Mole’s Christmas or Home Sweet Home/ Kenneth Grahame, illus Beverly Gooding/::::Robert’s Snowflakes, Artists’ Snowflakes for Cancer’s Cure/Grace Lin & Robert Mercer::::Shivering Babe, Victorious Lord, Nativity in Poetry and Art/Linda Ching Sledge::::Snowflake Sisters/J. Patrick Lewis & Lisa Desimini::::St. Nick and the Fir Tree/Nancy Adams. My list is usually longer but with joy I’ve gifted a few of my perennials, such as Among Angels by Nancy Willard & Jane Yolen.
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the poem I mention above & also dip into the collection it nests within.
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