Poems Worth Your Time http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/40e9f8d6dca8bf555ea828937872b9bf?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Poems Worth Your Time http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com “Bedtime Story” http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/bedtime-story/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/bedtime-story/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:48:22 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/?p=294 ]]>
Bedtime Story
 
The moon lies on the river
like a drop of oil.
The children come to the banks to be healed
of their wounds and bruises.
The fathers who gave them their wounds and bruises
come to be healed of their rage.
The mothers grow lovely; their faces soften,
the birds in their throats awake.
They all stand hand in hand
and the trees around them,
forever on the verge
of becoming one of them,
stop shuddering and speak their first word.
 
But that is not the beginning.
It is the end of the story,
and before we come to the end,
the mothers and fathers and children
must find their way to the river,
separately, with no one to guide them.
That is the long, pitiless part,
and it will scare you.
 
                 Lisel Mueller
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http://www.rickstan.com

]]> http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/my-friend-carla/feed/ 0 sleepswithbear “Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manley Hopkins http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/spring-and-fall-by-gerard-manley-hopkins/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/spring-and-fall-by-gerard-manley-hopkins/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:57:26 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/?p=291 ]]>

http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/txt/59.txt

]]> http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/spring-and-fall-by-gerard-manley-hopkins/feed/ 0 sleepswithbear “A Myth of Devotion” by Louise Gluck http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/a-myth-of-devotion-by-louise-gluck/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/a-myth-of-devotion-by-louise-gluck/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:54:28 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/a-myth-of-devotion-by-louise-gluck/ ]]>

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19144

]]> http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/a-myth-of-devotion-by-louise-gluck/feed/ 0 sleepswithbear “Eating Poetry”by Mark Strand http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/eating-poetryby-mark-strand/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/eating-poetryby-mark-strand/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 03:24:15 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/eating-poetryby-mark-strand/ ]]>

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20448

]]> http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/eating-poetryby-mark-strand/feed/ 0 sleepswithbear “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/facing-it-by-yusef-komunyakaa/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/facing-it-by-yusef-komunyakaa/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 00:29:20 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/facing-it-by-yusef-komunyakaa/ ]]>

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15830

]]> http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/facing-it-by-yusef-komunyakaa/feed/ 0 sleepswithbear “Affirmation” by Donald Hall http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/affirmation-by-donald-hall/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/affirmation-by-donald-hall/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:14:08 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/?p=286 ]]>

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16269

]]> http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/affirmation-by-donald-hall/feed/ 0 sleepswithbear “Believing in Iron” by Yusef Komunyakaa http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/believing-in-iron-by-yusef-komunyakaa/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/believing-in-iron-by-yusef-komunyakaa/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:10:21 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/?p=283 ]]>

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16182

]]> http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/believing-in-iron-by-yusef-komunyakaa/feed/ 0 sleepswithbear “Safe Sex” by Donald Hall http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/safe-sex-by-donald-hall/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/safe-sex-by-donald-hall/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:43:22 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/?p=281 ]]>

Donald Hall was known for years as the poet who told knock-knock jokes and made his living writing a composition book used in college English classes.  He’s under-rated, as the poem “Safe Sex” shows.

<p><a href=”http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19213″>http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19213</a></p>

]]> http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/safe-sex-by-donald-hall/feed/ 1 sleepswithbear “Miracle Ice Cream” by Adrienne Rich http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/miracle-ice-cream-by-adrienne-rich/ http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/miracle-ice-cream-by-adrienne-rich/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:07:33 +0000 sleepswithbear http://poemsworthyourtime.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/miracle-ice-cream-by-adrienne-rich/ ]]>

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15227

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