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Tag: poetry
Reblog Tuesday: “14 Lines From Love Letters Or Suicide Notes” by Doc Luben @BarkingDoc
In this week’s episode of Reblog Tuesday we visit the blog of Oregon-based poet Doc Luben – ‘Diesel Powered Rag Doll’ – and specifically his poem titled “14 Lines From Love Letters Or Suicide Notes”. This poem is terrific in written form, and is very powerfully delivered in spoken word (coming soon…). Enjoy! https://doclubenpoetry.tumblr.com/post/90701663175/14-lines-from-love-letters-or-suicide-notes
Retro Post Monday – a poem titled “Charting a path”
Please enjoy this blast from the past – my poem “Charting a path” https://stevenharz.com/2013/01/02/poem-charting-a-path/
Spoken Word Poetry / “Reasons” by Sabrina Benaim @badass_sab
In case you hadn’t noticed, ‘Spoken Word Wednesday’ is now ‘Spoken Word Thursday’. I have my reasons….. 😉 I recently discovered (and yes, I realize that I;m probably late to the game!) a great poet named Sabrina Benaim, This piece is called “Reasons” and I love it. I love both the content and the delivery,…
Reblog Tuesday: “poems by ericka clay” @ErickaMClay
I have the pleasure of following Ericka on multiple social media platforms – the link below is her Tumblr blog – and as thought-provoking as her writing is, she is equally as funny. Ericka is a published novelist and is the founder of Tipsy Lit. This poem, titled “Seconds”, is a favorite of mine and is…
Retro Post Monday: “Stick figure you”
This week’s Retro Post is my poem titled “Stick figure you” which originally appeared in my book “Gas Station Road Map” https://stevenharz.com/2013/02/15/new-poem-stick-figure-you/
Spoken Word Wednesday: “Help Wanted” by the great Shane Koyczan
“Help Wanted” is one of my favorites by Shane Koyczan – I hope you enjoy! “…the light at the end of your tunnel needs to be maintained…”
Reblog Tuesday: “girl” by Nicole Marie @nicolepasq
As much as I like to spread it around, this week I was again taken by a poem by Nicole Marie so we get to read her for the second time this month! “girl” is beautifully written and the imagery is amazing. Please check this out! http://wordsandotherthings.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/girl/
Retro Post Monday: my poem “Franklin’s kite”
This week we go back in time to take another peek at “Franklin’s kite” – a quick love poem inspired by my son’s American history homework. Enjoy! https://stevenharz.com/2012/12/10/poem-franklins-kite/
Poetry: “A new cure”
Each day I collect couch cushion pennies Lincoln wheat copper zinc in a dented tin bucket that I stored secretly under our bed until the time came for me to need an abandoned wishing well Behind our house on welcome wooded walks path tracks bridge brook you gathered weeds and wildflowers in turn of the…
Reblog Tuesday: “Love Hungry For Itself” by @TaylorMali
I’m sure we all know the work of Taylor Mali, so this week I thought it would be great to take a spin over to his site, and specifically to his poem “Love Hungry For Itself” – one of my many Taylor Mali favorites. Enjoy! http://www.taylormali.com/poems-online/love-hungry-for-itself/
Retro Post Monday: “Seated at the right hand”
This week for Retro Post Monday, please go back in time and enjoy my poem “Seated at the right hand”: https://stevenharz.com/2013/08/29/my-poem-seated-at-the-right-hand/ “Seated at the right hand” originally appeared in my book, “Gas Station Road Map” available at Amazon.
Friday Poetry: “Cereal box decoder ring”
Your pink pillow now missing had been inside an invisible box with a Crayola note on the back of a love letter treasure map saying something about ‘in case of emergency’ So I go to my drawer and find my cereal box secret decoder ring to decode your internal scars And for external scars I…
Spoken Word Wednesday: “Honest Confessions on Letting Go” by @Kevin_Kantor
This week on Spoken Word Wednesday I’d like to share “Honest Confessions on Letting Go” by Kevin Kantor. This is both funny and poignant and discusses feelings and emotions (and yes, they are two different things, Mom) that we have all experienced and perhaps tried to avoid (or not…) in the foundational stages of a relationship. “…you covered…
Reblog Tuesday: “Remedies” by Nicole Marie on @TipsyLit
One of the blogs I follow is Tipsy Lit – some terrific work there, and this week I was intrigued by a poem titled “Remedies” by Nicole Marie. There is a lot of wonderful work over there – Check it out! http://tipsylit.com/2014/11/08/remedies/
“Gold” – after “Wichita Lineman” by Glen Campbell and James Taylor
He drove along listening to James Taylor sing a new version of an old Glen Campbell song and watched October in Connecticut fly by the morning skyline in a blur of golden leaves and crisp blue skies. With the window down and the breeze hitting his exposed arm he raised his sunglasses in order to…
Spoken Word Wednesday: Lewis Mundt performs “Father Benjamin” @ButtonPoetry
This is painfully beautiful – well worth investigating. “…he may be too busy building your churches to join you in the pews, but if you listen closely you will hear him praying with every swing of his hammer.”
Reblog Tuesday: the poem “hole” by @JustRene
Today I offer up the poem “hole” by Rene at the Tumblr blog ‘Oh Look! Donuts!’ – I really enjoy her work and visit her site often. “hole”, like much of Rene’s work, is beautiful in it’s brevity and simplicity – check it out: http://ohlookdonuts.tumblr.com/post/100622663480/hole
