The Traveling Onion

April 15, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My favorite poems are the ones about ordinary things. It’s easy to rhapsodize about a sunset or spring or love, but what about chopping onions? Today’s poem finds beauty and meaning in the latter. Click here to read “The Traveling Onion” by Naomi Shihab Nye. Related Posts:Cold SpringPoetry Month 2016Goldfish Are OrdinaryGlorious

God’s Grandeur

April 14, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared […]

The Visible and In-

April 12, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Today’s poem, “The Visible and In-” by Marge Piercy, recently appeared on the The Writer’s Almanac. Find the text and the audio recording here. Related Posts:Learning the BicycleGood PeopleYou Have a LifeSea Fever

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