Amanda Gorman

When Amanda Gorman ascended the podium in her now-iconic yellow coat to read her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” I knew I was witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime event. While presidential inaugurations happen every four years, at least for now, Amanda Gorman’s presence conveyed a message that was entirely new. …

Last week as Ginger and I walked around the Guilford Green, I noticed the flag was at half mast. I wondered out loud who it was for, in part because I had not paid attention to the news for a day or two, but also because the recent spate of…

This Sunday wonder | wander | world celebrates Mother’s Day across the globe. In the Philippines the leading presidential contender is a charismatic and popular woman majority around the world are rooting for. Here in the US, with the leaked supreme court draft to overturn Roe vs Wade, we are…

Once again, it’s not politics, it’s personal — my body, my choice. In the wake of the US Supreme Court leak of a draft opinion to overturn Roe v. …

Robin B. Zeiger, Ph.D. We have never met & yet we have still lost sight of each other, Two lighthouses quavering in the fog. We could not hold ourselves. From “Lighthouse” Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry. In the past weeks, I have found myself captivated by Amanda’s Gorman’s…

Robin B. Zeiger, Ph.D. Poetry is its own prayer, the closest words come to will. Amanda Gorman, Call us What We Carry, 2021. There are those people we have never met, yet somehow, they “befriend” and influence us. There are some people we have never met, and we wish for the moment. Amanda Gorman, the youngest presidential inaugural poet is one…

Since the rise of identity politics, the issue of who does the talking has taken center stage. Since the rise of Amanda Gorman, the same could be said of who does the translating. There’s no way a white man should translate the words of a black woman, may people believe…

“I’ve always resented punctuation…Punctuation can be a stumbling block, so I take it out.” — Christopher Walken “Sometimes I do things just to amuse myself. I’ve played scenes pretending that I was Elvis or Bugs Bunny or a U-boat commander. I just don’t tell anybody.” — Christopher Walken “That word…