Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to figure out my future.  My husband is retiring this summer, and we plan to move south.  Where?  Not quite sure.  When?  Don’t know that, either.  When…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I collect poetry as I find it.  Sometimes I search while writing my own chapters or paragraphs, trying to avoid setting more words on paper myself.  Sometimes I search when a poem I’ve stumbled on hasn’t spoken…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. When I chose this poem early in the month I knew we were expecting snow that weekend, perhaps as much as an inch, but it never materialized.  We’ve had a sprinkling or two in Northern Virginia…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Valentine’s day is fast approaching, and this poem recently graced my mailbox, to remind me of the beauty of two people in love.  On Tuesday I’ll start a list especially for the holiday, but…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I fell in love with this poem and poet immediately.  The poem is short, but it packs a large punch.  I found Boarding House after first finding Ted Kooser through another poem on the…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Today’s poem is Reluctance by Robert Frost.  Are you reluctant to let go of something in your life?  Are you hanging on when you shouldn’t because you need to move on?  Are you afraid to…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Our family just welcomed a baby boy, my first grandson, and today’s poem, Infant Joy by William Blake, is for Liam Michael, born January 12th, and precious, as all babies everywhere are.  Infant Joy…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. All that lovely warm weather, then suddenly winter.  I’ve saved Shoveling Snow for just the right moment, and this surely is the one.  It’s an enchanting poem.  I may be a Floridian at heart, but even…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here I had a poem in place for today, a poem about shoveling snow.  Then the warm spell came.  I’ve walked my dog most of the week just wearing a hoodie, and I’m about to…

Welcome to Sunday Poetry and 2012.   If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Poetry about the new year?  As I searched for the right poem to share, so many I encountered were written at least a century ago.  But Fragments for the End of the Year…