Family
![LeapNow!]()
Over the next two weeks, there will be an influx of young men and women into our home. They will be staying for 1 day up to 2+ weeks. They're all alumni of a program called LeapNow, in which they ...
Books
![William Carlos Williams]()
It is not commonly known that William Carlos Williams was a physician as well as poet. This poem reminds me of my time as a home care nurse.
Complaint
They call me and I go.
It is a frozen road
past midnight, a ...
William Carlos Williams
{ No Comment \ Tags: Poetry \ May28 }
Books
![Candykiller]()
The beauty of simple paper & ink. I am intrigued by his style and infatuated with the Letterpress Print~in an odd, beautifully haunted, childhood kinda way...
See more of Brian Taylor's work here
Candykiller
{ No Comment \ Tags: Letterpress \ May27 }
Books
![So Many Books, So Little Time~]()
Sometimes, when deciding on a new book to read, this is how I feel:
So Many Books, So Little Time~
{ No Comment \ Tags: Reading \ May27 }
Books
![The Wish To Be Believed]()
It is never enough to know what you want.
The brick in your hand, dampened but solid, crumbles,
and a boundary being built, in the midst of building,
stops. (Why shouldn't one say what it is like?
How would they ever know, otherwise?)
You ...
The Wish To Be Believed
{ No Comment \ Tags: Poetry \ May24 }
Books
![I’m going to the chapel…]()
and I'm, gonna get married...
Actually, I'm going to a book fair to exhibit my books, and will be playing Minister. A Book Fair is a Chapel, and holds all that is Holy within. While there, I want to marry each ...
I’m going to the chapel…
{ No Comment \ Tags: bookfairs \ May13 }
Poetry
![Distich]()
(From the Persian Of Oumara, 10th Century)
Ah, would that I could hide within my songs
And, every time you sang them, kiss your lips.
Black Marigolds & Coloured Stars.
Translated by E. Powys Mathers, Introduction by Tony Harrison.
Anvil Press, 2004. Softcover. $10.00
Distich
{ No Comment \ Tags: Poetry \ May10 }
Family
![Poppy]()
I planned to write very little personal content on this blog (focus on the book world). But sometimes the personal takes over, as is the case with Poppy. Some stupid driver...well, you can imagine the rest.
Poppy came to us ...
Poppy
{ No Comment \ Tags: catkisses \ May4 }
Books
![The Dumbing Down of Women’s…Book Covers]()
I admit to passing on books because of their cover photos, and the blurbs on the back, especially if there’s a plethora of pink, or very high heels on legs that stop at the waist…Do publishers deliberately create these covers ...
The Dumbing Down of Women’s…Book Covers
{ No Comment \ Tags: Books \ Apr30 }
Books
![Every Book, Except One]()
Books evoke memories from childhood. What a delight it is as a bookseller to reunite someone with their long-lost book. This graphic story illustrates how evocative books can be:
http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/5408800.html