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 →

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Brenda Davis Harsham

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May 3, 2018

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Photography, Poetry, Writing Tips

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#PoetryFriday — Starry, Starry Spring

Flowering Tree

starry petals,
snow foreshadowed
their fall

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Brenda Davis Harsham

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May 1, 2018

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Photography, Poetry

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Salt Marsh Ditty

Snail sets sail
on cordgrass stalk.
Gulls squawk.

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Brenda Davis Harsham

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April 29, 2018

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Photography, Poetry

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Let Me

Heather on a Stone Wall

Let me be the shadow
under your bloom,
the stone that
lifts you,
the lichen that
breaks rock to soil. Continue reading →

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Brenda Davis Harsham

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April 26, 2018

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Photography, Poetry, Writing Tips

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Words Keep Me

Pink Hyacinth in Rain

implacable rain
drenches skin, soil and stem but
my words keep me dry

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Brenda Davis Harsham

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April 23, 2018

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Book Review, Poetry

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A Book by the Brook — Meet My Family!

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

A Book by the Brook: Book Reviews at FriendlyFairyTales.com

Meet my Family! has adorable baby animals comparing notes on families. A raccoon kit grows up with a single-mom but a titi monkey hangs out with his dad. Swans have both parents and sea turtles have none. Laysan albatross chicks have two moms and chinstrap penguin chicks have two dads. Any kind of family unit you can imagine is normal to someone. Laura Purdie Salas wrote each animal baby a poem, and Stephanie Fizer Coleman brought them to life with her art. Continue reading →