Tag Archives: poetry

“My City”

Posted on February 26, 2023 by ksedinger

I read the poem below yesterday, and its simple theme resonated strongly with me. The poet, the great James Weldon Johnson (perhaps best known for penning the lyrics to “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, the hymn that has come to … Continue reading →

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“I will seek not the shadowy region”

Posted on February 18, 2023 by ksedinger

In her review of a new movie about Emily Bronte, titled Emily, Sheila O’Malley cites two lines from one of Bronte’s poems: I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide. Somehow I’d never … Continue reading →

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“A Poet is Not a Jukebox”

Posted on February 12, 2023 by ksedinger

A poem by Dudley Randall: A poet is not a jukebox, so don’t tell me what to write. I read a dear friend a poem about love, and she said, “You’re in to that bag now, for whatever it’s worth, … Continue reading →

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“The war’ly race may riches chase….” Happy Robert Burns Day!

Posted on January 25, 2023 by ksedinger

Green grow the rashes , O; Green grow the rashes , O; The sweetest hours that e’er I spend, Are spent amang the lasses, O. There’s nought but care on ev’ry han’ , In ev’ry hour that passes, O: What … Continue reading →

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Indigenous People’s Day

Posted on October 10, 2022 by ksedinger

Mine is one of the last generations, I suppose, that was taught all the happy American mythology about Christopher Columbus and how he, knowing that the Earth was round whilst everyone else thought it as flat, thought to sail all … Continue reading →

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“One equal temper of heroic hearts”

Posted on August 6, 2022 by ksedinger

Born on this date: Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Tennyson has been my favorite poet–or second favorite, after Shakespeare–well, he might share that ranking with Poe–for as long as I’ve been aware of Tennyson’s work to any great degree. I’m guessing that … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month, conclusion: How to build your poetry collection

Posted on May 1, 2022 by ksedinger

So you want to read some poetry! As we have wound up National Poetry Month 2022, as a final summation I earlier reposted an older post about why it’s important for writers specifically to read poetry (besides the simple fact that … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month, day 30: Wrapping up with light verse

Posted on April 30, 2022 by ksedinger

‘Tis the final day of National Poetry Month for 2022! I always enjoy Poetry Month a great deal and come out of it resolving to read more poetry throughout the year, and even though I do read quite a bit of … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month, day 29: Etheridge Knight

Posted on April 29, 2022 by ksedinger

Etheridge Knight was a Black poet who lived 1931-1991. His rise to poetic prominence came via a book of poems he wrote while incarcerated for robbery, Poems from Prison. This ended up being a theme in Knight’s work, as he produced … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month, day 28 AND Something for Thursday: “The Highwayman”

Posted on April 28, 2022 by ksedinger

I’m just going to get out of the poem’s way today. Listen to Loreena McKennit’s classic setting afterward! “The Highwayman”, by Alfred Noyes PART ONE The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. The moon was a ghostly … Continue reading →

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