This Is Just To Say

My apologies are never this creative. Click here to read This is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams. Related Posts:Poetry Month ReflectionsOne Wild and Precious LifeAmerica Will BeMy Heart Leaps Up

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A Sonnet

I first read Shakespeare in high school. At the time, his language was more puzzling to me than introductory French. In French class, I had no problem ordering a coke, politely declining a ham sandwich, and informing strangers that I had a pen. J’ai un stylo! Shakespeare’s English was unwieldy. Most of the words were […]

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America Will Be

Today’s poem was written in 1935 but I think it’s still relevant 80 years later. Click here to read Let America Be America Again, by Langston Hughes.  Related Posts:Poetry Month ReflectionsOne Wild and Precious LifeGood PeopleThe Fish

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