In this week’s book club discussion of Rick Hanson’s Resilient, Laura Boggess helps us consider a third way of meeting our needs and building resilience, through regulating our thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Poets and Poems: Jane Kenyon and “Best Poems”
“The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon” provides a wonderful introduction to the full range of her accomplishments as a poet.
Poetry Prompt: Dor
The word dor invites us to embrace loneliness rather than overcome it. This week Callie Feyen has a poetry prompt about accepting our aches.
‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ and Literary Citizenship
‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ by Laura Boggess shows us how to be a literary citizen in our own little corner of the world. Meet Amy Pinkleberry.
The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Peacock Feather
In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy a new poetry prompt started with a line from Effie Lee Newsome’s “Peacock Feather.”
Resilient Book Club: Part 2—Resourcing
In this week’s installment of our book club of Resilient by Rick Hanson, Laura Boggess discusses the role of resourcing ourselves to build resilience, and reflects on grit, gratitude and confidence.
Poets and Poems: Luci Shaw and “The Generosity”
“The Generosity” by Luci Shaw invites us to consider the eternal in nature, in the life around us, and in our own families.
Poetry Prompt: Seeing Stars
Have you ever received a gift you didn’t know you needed? Join Callie Feyen on a summer night of seeing stars and learning to let go.
Children’s Book Club: ‘Sure As Sunrise,’ Bruh Rabbit stories
The Bruh Rabbit stories are as contemporary as ever. Join author Megan Willome as she revisits these tales for Children’s Book Club, using the contemporary retelling ‘Sure As Sunrise.’
The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ You Had Not Known
In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy a new poetry prompt started with a line from L.L. Barkat’s “You Had Not Known.”
Pandemic Journal: An Entry on the Silver Skunk and the Mysterious Poet
A tale of a silver skunk, quiet talk of an unknown sonneteer, and friends at a distance together at York’s. Share in this surreal pandemic journal entry, with Callie Feyen.
Resilient Book Club: Part 1—Recognizing
In this week’s first installment of our book club of Resilient by Rick Hanson, Laura Boggess discusses the role of recognizing in meeting our needs, and considers the inner strengths of compassion, mindfulness and learning.
“Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Nicholas Basbanes
“Cross of Snow” examines the lives of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his wife Frances (“Fanny”), noting her significant contributions to his work.
Journey into Poetry: Karen Paul Holmes
From the first poem that broke her heart, all the way to Tracy K. Smith’s “The Slowdown,” it’s been a fulfilling (and surprising) poetry journey for Karen Paul Holmes.
New Workshop—The Joy of Poetry Begins Us
The Joy of Poetry Begins Us is an 8-week class about fostering community among those who love the written word. It’s about becoming people who move beyond the beautiful world of the poems themselves and into friendships and love.
A Ritual to Read to Each Other: Rumi & Mac Miller
Imagine Rumi as a rapper. Or Mac Miller as a mystic. Megan Willome explores the similarities between these two artists in our monthly column, A Ritual to Read to Each Other.
The Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ What We Would Give Up
In this week’s Poetry Club Tea Date, enjoy this poetry prompt based on a starter line from a Marie Howe poem.
The Book of Delights Book Club: Listening by the Lake
In this final installment of our book club discussion of The Book of Delights, Ross Gay writes of the small town wave and common decency.
Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Pencil Balancing
It’s the simple things that can show us the way. Join Laura Lynn Brown, and experience the Pentel GraphGear 500 drafting pencil’s power in the midst of the pandemic.
Poetry and Healing: “Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs” by Laura Boggess
The novella “Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs” by Laura Boggess tells a story of a woman haunted by voices and healed through the power of poetry.