Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
Don’t read this new book unless you like imagining being things you’re not, like birds, honeybees, acorns and snails. If you do like the idea of rousing roosters like the dawn, dazzling the night like the moon or polka-dotting sidewalks like rain, then you will love Things to Do, by Elaine Magliaro, illustrated by Catia Chien, Chronicle Books, 2016. Continue reading
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
A redhead, a dragon, kung fu-performing bats, and a flying bookshelf won my heart in Franklin’s Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell, illustrated by Katie Harnett, Thames & Hudson, 2017. Continue reading
a grove of daffodils
circled by bees,
runes of springtime
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tulip Tuesday,
silky petals proudly cup
sunshine
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lion around
in lilac-scented sunshine,
a yellow mellow
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A day of cherry blossoms
hanging fragile in spring sunshine, Continue reading
tulips tremble
with thanks for every raindrop, Continue reading
the first bumblebee
an envoy from under stone,
sun salutation
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Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
So much depends on the poetry of William Carlos Williams. Without his poetry, how many American poets would still use the formal language of Whitman? Continue reading
Snail sets sail
on cordgrass stalk.
Gulls squawk.
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