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“Elegy for the Lost Umbrella” by A. E. Stallings
Elegy for the Lost Umbrella To lose an umbrella is nothing. But to loseAn umbrella you’ve held on to year after yearThrough various chances of rain, that you’ve gone back forInto restaurants and shops, with your sopping shoes,And leaning against the wall like a confident lover,There it was– “You’d be back.” Beautiful!Sage green, sprinkled with… Continue reading
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“When Vision Narrows to a Single Beam of Light” by Eleanor Wilner
The only online source I could find to show you this poem. A podcast (and it’s a wonderful array of poetry and commentary) called The Slowdown https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2019/05/15/123-when-vision-narrows-to-a-single-beam-of-light Afterward for “When Vision Narrows to a Single Beam of Light” by Sher Schwartz Please share your thoughts on this poem. Continue reading
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“Gertrude” aka “When I hear Marian Anderson Sing” by Gwendolyn Brooks (Guest Voice Theresa LaPera)
Public Art on the wall in a neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo courtesy Theresa LaPera, March 2023. Click the link below to read this poem, and to learn more about Gwendolyn Brooks and the grouping of poems she wrote named after children depicting the spirit of Brook’s Chicago neighborhood. .https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/01/05/gwendolyn-brooks-bronzeville-boys-and-girls/ A short video clip… Continue reading
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