One of my favorite poets is Billy Collins. One of my favorite books of poetry is his book Picnic, Lightning. As a kind of intro or forward to this book of poems Billy shares
"We spend our life trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench."
-Beckett, Texts for Nothing.
and then, as an intro or forward to the first poem of the collection (A Portrait of the Reader with a Bowl of Cereal) he shares
" A poet .... never speaks directly, as to someone at the breakfast table." - Yeats.
Happy Spring! Reading this beautifully descriptive poem, I could SEE all the things while reading it!
Thanks for reading, Sara!
Yay! Poetry! I love when you share poetry. :-)
One of my favorite poets is Billy Collins. One of my favorite books of poetry is his book Picnic, Lightning. As a kind of intro or forward to this book of poems Billy shares
"We spend our life trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench."
-Beckett, Texts for Nothing.
and then, as an intro or forward to the first poem of the collection (A Portrait of the Reader with a Bowl of Cereal) he shares
" A poet .... never speaks directly, as to someone at the breakfast table." - Yeats.
Your poems also put me in this frame of mind. :-)
Lovely, lovely, lovely.
Thanks for sharing, Lori! I haven't been reading (or writing) much poetry these past few months. I'm feeling inspired to do more of both.