“A Dirge” by Christina Rossetti: Poetry Rec

March 20, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Why were you born when the snow was falling?You should have come to the cuckoo’s calling,Or when grapes are green in the cluster,Or, at least, when lithe swallows musterFor their far off flyingFrom summer dying. Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?You should have died at the apples’ dropping,When the grasshopper […]

“Anne Boleyn on the Day of Her Execution”: Poetry Rec

March 19, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Spend some time considering Anne Boleyn.

“Two-Headed Cow”: Poetry Rec

March 18, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

You don’t need to exploit your own uniqueness.

Poetry Rec: “It is a Fearful Thing”

March 18, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I hope this 9th century voice reminds you that you have the capacity to love and hope during dark times.

Oh Daughter, Die Softly

March 4, 2020.Reading time 29 minutes.

And she’s sorry. She’s so sorry she can’t protect it, that she failed to protect it, that she’s failing to help it, and that she wants to abandon it to die because she’s afraid of its teeth.