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¡1.1.11! A Resolution Suggestion [by Moira Egan]
Happy New Year! I’m just sorry that I couldn’t find the scratch-n-sniff version of this image that is intentionally out-of-season for many of us who read this blog. Time passes, seasons change: yep, that’s…
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A New Year Carol (by Tynan Davis)
I came as a surprise to my parents. The product of a champagne brunch (must explain my bubbly disposition), I am the youngest of four children and the only girl. Understandably, I was simultaneously…
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Ten for Ten #4: Books I Loved in 2010 by Adam Fitzgerald
THE MADELEINE POEMS Paul Legault Omnidawn Press What do poets and artists aspire to alike if not freedom? And, among its many slogans, trappings and avatars — political, spiritual, self-serving, etc. — what's more benign…
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New Year’s Greeting [by Lera Auerbach]
BEST WISHES TO ALL AT BAP FOR A HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2011 – from Lera Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets…
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Create and share (by Tynan Davis)
I loved Laura Orem's post yesterday. Despite the distractions and worries, we keep trying to make the world a better, kinder place. From the heavy-hitting global initiatives set forth by The Elders to a…
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The Draft Dodger Blues (by Larry Epstein)
People want me to join the Grand Army of Literary Pessimists. A recruiting sergeant for the Army comes to visit me regularly in the darkest corner of the night when I'm unable to sleep.…