Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Culture

The Poetry Corner

By Norah Christianson   After Forty Year of Marriage, She Tries A New Recipe for Hamburger Hot Dish By Leo Dangel   “How did you like it?” she asked. “It’s all...

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By Norah Christianson Piano By D.H. Lawrence Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me; Taking me back down the vista of years, till I...

The Poetry Corner: Loafing

Raymond Carver By Norah Christianson Loafing By Raymond Carver   I looked into the room a moment ago, and this is what I saw — my chair in its place by...

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Shine, Perishing Republic Robinson Jeffers By Norah Christianson   By Robinson Jeffers While this America settles in the mould of its vulgarity, ­..........heavily thickening to empire, And protest, only a bubble...

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Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert By Norah Christianson Failing and Flying By Jack Gilbert Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It's the same when love comes to an...

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Good Bones by Maggie Smith By Norah Christianson Good Bones By Maggie Smith Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened...

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Love is Not All (Sonnet XXX)–Edna St. Vincent Millay By Norah Christianson Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof...

The Poetry Corner: Lamb

Michael Dennis Browne By Norah Christianson Michael Dennis Browne was born in England in 1940, and came to the United States in 1965. He has taught...