March 21, 2005
To celebrate World Poetry Day, and because Isabella asked about the books of poetry that Helen gave me for my high-school graduation. From Kahlil Gibran’s Sand and Foam: I am forever walking upon these shores,Betwixt the sand and the foam,The high tide will erase my foot-prints,And the wind will blow away the foam.But the sea [...]
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November 30, 2004
This poem comes by way of Philip, who left it as a comment for Jilbur. It was new to me, and I loved its evocation of the everyday, the small, even perhaps the annoying as being cause for thanksgiving. Thank you, Philip. Poem in Thanks Lord Whoever, thank you for this airI’m about to in- [...]
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