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Titian — a limerick from London
When Titian was grinding rose madder,his model was posed on a ladder.Her position to Titiansuggested coitionso he climbed up the ladder and had her. Very English — instructive on pronounciation of challenging words (Titian,…
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Collaboration and remix [by Rachel Barenblat]
I asked some of my friends and periodic collaborators what to write about here, and one of them — poet Dave Bonta — suggested: How about something focusing on the range of exciting collaborative…
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Hump Day Highlights by Stacey Harwood
A few items worth looking at today: Rachel Barenblat's post about John Jerome, a writer who meant a lot to me, especially when I took up competitive swimming as an adult, sent me to…
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Where are the great poems of parenting a four year old? [by Rachel Barenblat]
Last time I did a guest stint here I wrote about poems of parenting an infant. This time I'm here to ask: Where are the poems of parenting a growing child — perhaps a…
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Leave It to Beaver: The Lost Episode Guide [by Larry Sawyer]
Perhaps the archetypal “feel-good” family situational comedy, the television show Leave it to Beaver first aired on April 23, 1957 and provided viewers with a peek into the inner melodramatic turmoil of the Cleaver…
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OCTOBER LIMERICKS [by Anthony Madrid]
LIMERICKS 21.There was an old person named Fletcher,Who was carried away on a stretcher.When he said, “Put me down,” they one-eightied around,And then brought him back home on the stretcher.22.There was a young man…
