May 22, 2017
“Verde que te quiero verde”: Poems Written in Green
Living in Western Massachusetts instead of Baltimore this spring, I found myself rooting for the color green like its approach was a spectator sport. Baltimore’s springs arrive comparatively early and […]
April 13, 2017
This marble fact: Jill Alexander Essbaum’s “Easter”
Last year in this same season, I wrote a post titled “You Are Spring,” reflecting on the life, death, and poetry of Patrick Flynn Eckenrode, who, living with severe depression, […]
March 21, 2016
You Are Spring
The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief. —from “The Trees” by Philip Larkin […]
March 14, 2016
The Eros of Bees
To the bee, a flower is the fountain of life, and to the flower, the bee is a messenger of love. —Khalil Gibran On the 7 Train, a friend tells […]