Kathryn Neel’s “Eating and Drinking Poem” post pairs Yeats’ “Hosting of the Sidhe” with a wine syllabub recipe. She discusses Irish mythology, her own personal experience abroad, and the need to set aside small bowls of cream to appease the mischievous Shidhe before making syllabub.
Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Artist Kasia Puciata
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Today, come see the artistic vision of Kasia Puciata. And a found poem we created from Kasia’s vibrant words.
National Poetry Month: Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe published his 1st poetry collection in 1827, at 18 years old. A tendency to run up debts & gamble kept him in constant state of reinvention.
Favorite InsideOut Poems
Dream and love poems, from the pollen of a sunflower to blue sky and a curry leaf. Plus, a poem on the pain of senility.
Whale Song: Poems
The whales, the sea, and the occasional dragonfly and blackbird. Love poems to make you dream.
InsideOut: Poems by L.L. Barkat
A year outside brings us to a year inside. Poems of nature, dreams, sensual love. Divided by seasons, the poems explore the range of human experience.
Elizabeth Bishop: The Complete Poems 1927-1979
Finding the poems of Elizabeth Bishop. Again. With “The Riverman.”
Poems of the Ruby Moon
Surreal poems on work, love, and the ruby moon.
Poemcrazy Twitter Party, By Individual Poem Tweets
Laughing flames, a tipped candle, chattering gold. Each tweet a poem in itself.
At the Oasis, The Camel on Caravan
So the three of us tweeted away (49 tweets in all). Then I was given the privilege of crafting our separate poems into one big poem, and we decided to name it in honor of our absent friend.