Today is the 86th birthday of the poet Rod McKuen. Anna Cottage requested we celebrate his life and I am more than happy to oblige.
Tag: Poetry
Happy 113th Birthday Samuel Beckett
Today is the 113th birthday of the playwright Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot was a big read one summer at Interlochen, it went around my group
Happy Birthday Robert Frost
Today is the 145th birthday of the poet Robert Frost. Everyone knows “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” as the first line of his
This Longing – Not So Secret Obsession
This Longing by Martin Steingesser … awoke to rain around 2:30 this morning thinking of you, because I’d said only a few days before, this
Happy 133rd Birthday Ezra Pound
Today is the birthday of Ezra Pound, born 133 years ago in Hailey, Idaho . He was known as “the poet’s poet” because he was
Happy 86th Birthday Sylvia Plath
Today is the 86th birthday of Sylvia Plath. I have a handful of favorite poems that became my favorites because they perfectly encapsulated a feeling I
