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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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“White Pelican” by Sher Schwartz
White Pelicanfifty years of threaded marriagewoven connections brokenher body sickens strands untwineher spirit though still singsa clear young soprano herbroken-open milky poolAmerican pelicans circleenormous white lusty throated birdspondering, patient, and sturdywebbed feet paddle, a surge,a thrust of snowy teardrops sprayingwhite wings seen as black underneaththe birds burst up into their heavy glideand it’s the up-upwe… Continue reading
