In our theme year group, we have decided each to do a
30-day challenge. My Year of Freedom challenge is to read or listen to poetry
every day. I truly feel as if poetry is a healing balm in life. It quiets pain
and soothes suffering. I also believe that whether reading, hearing, or writing
poetry, these simple acts are as close as I get to communion.
My three most common current sources of poetry are Poetry Unbound podcast, Poetry Archive, and an incredibly old, tattered paperback "Poems of Wang Wei". This later I have had so long and have read so often, it is falling apart as I read it now. Today's poem...
Bamboo Grove House (Wang Wei)
I sit alone in the dark bamboos
Play my lute and sing and sing
Deep in the woods where no one knows I am
But the bright moon comes and shines on me there.
This week's listening highlights...
Matthew Olzmann
Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem
Jean Binta Breeze
The arrival of Brighteye – an extract
Hanif Abdurraqib
When We Were 13, Jeff’s Father Left The Needle Down On A Journey Record Before Leaving The House One Morning And Never Coming Back
My three most common current sources of poetry are Poetry Unbound podcast, Poetry Archive, and an incredibly old, tattered paperback "Poems of Wang Wei". This later I have had so long and have read so often, it is falling apart as I read it now. Today's poem...
Bamboo Grove House (Wang Wei)
I sit alone in the dark bamboos
Play my lute and sing and sing
Deep in the woods where no one knows I am
But the bright moon comes and shines on me there.
This week's listening highlights...
Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem
The arrival of Brighteye – an extract
When We Were 13, Jeff’s Father Left The Needle Down On A Journey Record Before Leaving The House One Morning And Never Coming Back
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