'tis the season

We read this lovely poem in the Writer's Almanac.

Rutabagas: A Love Poem

by James Silas Rogers

...My first mouthful tasted
like something in a gunny sack;
nothing like a wine
from which an epicure, or would-be epicure,
might claim to read the soils...

Read the rest here.
Happy gardening & dining as summer blazes on!

more serious matters

Sometimes we even like poetry that isn't our own:




Dark Matter
by Timons Esaias

My great-uncle makes even cosmology
offensive.
He takes the Dark Matter as a euphemism,
calls it Nigra Matter...

read the rest at Strange Horizons

Digging through the public domain

Thank you, expired copyrights, for sharing your words.
Today we read the work from an artist arrested for treason, oh my!


Salutation

O generation of the thoroughly smug
   and thoroughly uncomfortable,
I have seen fishermen picnicking in the sun,
I have seen them with untidy families,
I have seen their smiles full of teeth
   and heard ungainly laughter.
And I am happier than you are,
And they were happier that I am;
And the fish swim in the lake
   and do not even own clothing.

- Ezra Pound

List from McSweeney's!

Today we go back to sending you off to other funny things besides our own work.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/grown-up-crayon-colors

Today we are hearing voices

A tour of Sheldon's kid-friendly side

http://shelsilverstein.com/html/books.asp

Birdwatching

Parodies arise from many angles:

http://www.aberrantdreams.com/content/content/beware-werecanary

hiding sunshine

Hope everyone had a great solstice!

http://web.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/daysnotfull.html

Danger Caution Warning!

Beware the Haiku...


http://www.npr.org/2011/12/03/143053082/haiku-traffic-signs-bring-poetry-to-nyc-streets

perfect option for scatterbrains!

For those whose prose falls flat and fear to try a poem, we'll take your lists instead!
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/settlers-of-catanlifornia

write some poems or lists and send them our way.

Poetry I found online

From our friends sharing poetry daily through the Writer's Almanac. Enjoy!

Nonsense
by Matt Cook