daily prompts: “The Soul, Like the Moon” Lalla (c.1320-1392) “Poem” Thomas McGrath “Ars Poetica” Dana Levin “Cathedral” Joseph Stroud “A Great Need” Hafiz, trans. Coleman Barks essays: Sunday night: “A Desperate Clarity” Bill McKibben Monday night: “Winter Creek” Kathleen Dean Moore Tuesday night: “The world is blue…” Rebecca Solnit Wednesday night: “What Matters” Brian Doyle “Woe Is Me” Ian Frazier, “City Employment” Lydia Davis “How to Cook Rice” Kathleen Tyau, “Food Diary” M. Cassandra Cossitt poems: “Dailiness” Robin Chapman “What the Living Do” Marie Howe “Talk About Walking” Philip Booth “The Mad Farmer’s Liberation Manifesto” Wendell Berry “Manifesto” Joe Wilkins “Partial Acts” Jessica Lamb “Fletcher Oak” Mary Oliver “All This Night Needs” Nancy Walker “Feel the sharp bite…” “Deep Bay Swallows” Gary Hawk “According to the Big Bopper” More stores being built…”Hoarding Your Joys and Dispairs” Gregory Orr for Thursday’s “art talk” “This Moment” Eavan Boland about writing: “Nine Beginnings” Margaret Atwood “The Way I Write” William Stafford “Prayer” Marie Howe “Discover What You Know” Ann Beattie “Pen and Paper and a Breath of Air” Mary Oliver sending home: “Ordinary Excellence” Wendell Berry “Patriotism” Ellie Schoenfeld “Blessing the Boats” Lucile Clifton |