FreeVerse {6} Bukowski

Hosted By : Ohh Books! I went to the library last week and picked a few Bukowski books. Can I just say now how much I’m falling in love with is work?! I’m sorry to post the same author twice in a row oh, yes there are worse things than being alone but it often [...]

FreeVerse {5}

Hosted By : Ohh Books! After posting a Bukowski inspired tattoo last week, I read some more of his poems. This one caught my attention. Be Kind – Charles Bukowski we are always asked to understand the other person’s viewpoint no matter how out-dated foolish or obnoxious. one is asked to view their total error [...]

FreeVerse {4}

Hosted By : Ohh Books! This has been one of my favorite poems for as long as I can remember Robert Frost The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I [...]

FreeVerse {3}

Hosted By : Ohh Books! Woops! Almost missed this week’s FreeVerse! After watching MTV’s concert this past weekend called Ulalume, I reread the poem by the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. It’s a little longer than my normal posts… “Ulalume” by Edgar Allan Poe The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they [...]

FreeVerse {2}

Hosted by Ooh Books! Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.Let us leave [...]

FreeVerse {1}

Cara at Ohh Books! has come up with a fabulous idea for spreading the joy of poetry, FreeVerse. Now I’m not a huge poetry reader, but I do read some. So on Wednesdays I’ll share a favorite poem of mine. (They’re published in books and therefore are OK to post on a book blog, right?) [...]