On this final Sunday of National Poetry Month I want to leave you with inspiration.
Not just to read poems, but to write them.
I wrote last week about the late poet Mary Oliver. The cosmic connection I feel to her, because of the connection I feel to nature.
I’m not alone many feel this way. Any of us who pause in wonder.
Any of us who walk SouthCoast woods, or beaches or backyards and come away stunned. Minds flashing like tinsel. All of us who could sit down in the weeds and listen.
I heard from readers asking me what books to start with. It’s hard to say because my favorite poems are scattered throughout different works, but you might start with ““A Thousand Mornings,” “Devotions” and “West Wind.”
Steve Reich - New York Counterpoint
J.S. Bach - Contrapunctus I-IV from Art of the Fugue
Anna Clyne - Strange Loops (World Premiere)
Jyll Bradley, David Ward, Anna Clyne - Woman Holding a Balance (World Premiere)
About Anna Clyne
London-born Anna Clyne is a GRAMMY-nominated composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music. Described as a composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods in a New York Times profile and as fearless by NPR, Clyne s work often includes collaborations with cutting-edge choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, and musicians.
Clyne has been commissioned by a wide range of ensembles and institutions, including BBC Radio 3, BBC Scottish Symphony, Britten Sinfonia, Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Houston Ballet, London Sinfonietta, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, and the Southbank Centre. Her work has been championed by such world-renowned conductors as Pablo Heras-Casado, Riccardo Muti, Leonard Slatkin, André de Ridder, Esa-P
Barbara Lane December 28, 2020Updated: December 28, 2020, 2:27 pm
Meet Bodie, Barbara Lane’s rescue dog. Photo: Barbara Lane
Here’s what I love about my dog, Bodie. He doesn’t worry about the Supreme Court, climate change or the point of life. He’s all about eating, sleeping and running (off-leash whenever possible).
I realize I lost a number of you with my first sentence. And pre-COVID-19, I would have been among those who tuned out. But back in March, once I saw the writing on the wall with sheltering in place, I got myself a rescue dog. It turns out, of course, we rescued each other.