“Song of Welcome” by Joseph Brodsky
Full-disclosure: I did not cook this asparagus. But I did assist with cooking in an actual industrial kitchen, and it was amazing.
“The Blue House” by Tomas Tranströmer
I had the chance to get dinner with an old friend today. We haven’t been out together in a long time, and I got to show her a bunch of my current haunts. It felt a bit like getting to know each other again —…
“Listen. Put on Morning” by W.S. Graham
I had the privilege of growing up next to a bike trail and creek, and I have more fond childhood memories of those trees and that creek than any other place. So when I moved to college I found the…
“The Trickle-down theory of Happiness” by Philip Appleman
I haven’t been doing this for very long but I already feel like a broken record. Life comes in cycles though, and I guess one of mine is feeling disillusioned about the world…
“Persimmons” by Li-Young Lee
I don’t have the credentials to talk about this poem. The moments of interculturality and the brilliant imagery of the persimmon meld together a thought-provoking piece about love, family, language, oppression, and the interplay…
“Seeing the Eclipse in Maine” by Robert Bly
Yesterday a man walking past stopped to pull a flower from a nearby bush and handed it to me. He said “Have a good day” and continued across the street.This is that flower.