I love this poem. It’s so mysterious, and so honest. I don’t know what it means. I just know it means something mysterious and daily and beautiful, plus totally human. Picture it as a post-it note on a fridge. Hope you enjoy it! Read the poem http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/williamcarloswilliams_thisisjusttosay.mp3
Read the lyrics here (from her album “not so soft”, 1991)Language notes: “to wane” is something the moon does, because the moon waxes and wanes! “To toe the line” is ‘to conform to a rule or standard’.More on Ani Difranco at the Talking People Website (Music) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/anidifranco_briefbusstop.mp3
Post your comments at the Dakota in Spain blogRead the poem at Dian Million’s webpage on Talking People, and find out more about her http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/dianmillion_thehousingpoem.mp3
Read the poem and learn more about its author. There are some language notes in the Word version you’ll find.Hope you enjoy it! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/portianelson_autobiographyinfiveshortchapters.mp3
Read this poem and find more info/activities. Tell yourself this poem when you are waiting to enter an examination room! It’ll lull you a bit, soothe you down, and you’ll be able to concentrate and focus better! 🙂 http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/maryoliver_wildgeese.mp3
Welcome to our poetry segment! Read this poem, watch videos where Joy Harjo reads other poems or plays music… More on American Indians More on Billie Holiday – “Strange Fruit” and more http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/joyharjo_strangefruit.mp3
Read the poem here http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/audrelorde_alitanyforsurvival.mp3
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
Additionally, a 503 Service Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.