Tag: wisdom

poetry appreciation

spending time with Ted Kooser

May 13, 2021 #blind, #blindness, #courage, #decency, #determination, #inspiration, #Kent, #Kooser, #Nigel Kent, #senses, #Ted Kooser, #wisdom by Lucy Crispin

Nigel writes: I don’t know if you’re the same but I have on my shelves a small collection of poetry books which I constantly revisit. Like old friends I can rely on them to lift the spirits when they’re low, distract me for a pleasant hour or two, and offer me words of wisdom and inspiration when I need them.

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poetry appreciation
poetry appreciation

begin in delight…

Jul 2, 2020 #Begin in delight end in wisdom, #compassion, #delight, #empathy, #Frost, #Henley, #humour, #Hymn to the Comb-Over, #insight, #Invictus, #McNair, #mock, #mocking, #mortality, #spirit, #time, #Wesley McNair, #William Ernest Henlel, #wisdom by Lucy Crispin

End in wisdom. Yup, that’ll do. Here’s a delightful morsel which I trust will bring a smile to your lips: ‘Hymn to the Comb-Over‘ by Wesley McNair’. Doesn’t the very title brighten your day?

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yes, please

Jan 23, 2020 #grief, #kind, #kindness, #Larkin, #learning, #Naomi Shihab Nye, #Nye, #Philip Larkin, #poem, #poems, #poetry, #sadness, #sorrow, #Talking in Bed, #wisdom by Lucy Crispin

Something to move and comfort us today, a poem nourishing and everyday-special as homemade soup. Naomi Shihab Nye’s ‘Kindness’ actually mentions soup, but her poem is not the ‘weakened broth’ to which it refers. No, this is a complete meal. It’s tender and wise and lives up to its name. You can read it here or hear the poet read it here.

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