by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 18, 2009 | catching moments, journeys, Pam Houston, place, poetry |
It’s writing group week. At this time of the year, we’re at Pam Houston’s ranch in Creede, Colorado. There are nine of us here, two who couldn’t make it. Saturday night we arrived to a dinner of salmon, fresh corn on the cob and green beans,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 11, 2009 | poetry, the day |
In remembrance of September 11th, 2001, this poem by Judyth Hill: WAGE PEACE Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children and freshly...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 21, 2009 | catching moments, continuous life, poetry |
One of my all-time-favorite poems is “The Continuous Life” by Mark Strand from his book of poems, The Continuous Life. Here’s the beginning: What of the neighborhood homes awash In a silver light, of children hunched in the bushes, Watching the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 4, 2009 | poetry |
On the evening of April 14th, I attended a reading at the Sacramento Poetry Center. It was a cold night in California. Bright colorful blankets were provided–such a nice cozy touch. Perhaps all poetry readings should include blankets. Anyway, the reading was by...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 6, 2009 | poetry, the day |
Sunny and 75 today–it is coming. Spring fever, spring break, spring board… Spring into action… Somewhere a black bear has just risen from sleep and is staring down the mountain from “Spring” by Mary Oliver in House of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 18, 2009 | catching moments, Columbus GA, poetry |
Don’t allow the lucid moment to dissolve Let the radiant thought last in stillness though the page is almost filled and the flame flickers –Adam Zagajewski from Without End This is one of my favorite poems, the title of which is the first line. It’s...
