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Category Archives: Poetry
The Locust Tree in Flower
Among of green stiff old bright broken branch come white sweet May again – William Carlos Williams
September 1, 1939
It’s September, which would not be complete without a re-reading of Auden’s great poem, “September 1, 1939“. That was the date of the Nazi invasion of Poland and the beginning of WWII. I’ve never understood why this poem didn’t make … Continue reading
Samuel Menashe, 1925-2011***
Poet Samuel Menashe died on August 22, 2011. He was a friend of mine in my New York days, and I’ll remember him fondly. He was a very old school kind of person. He lived alone in a walk-up apartment … Continue reading
“I crave the stillness of rooms”
Every so often I mention that I write poetry. I used to write a lot of poetry, though lately it’s kind of tapered off due to our recent move, our ten month-old daughter and a hundred other things that eat … Continue reading
