Alistair AppletonJun 20, 20222 minPoetryThe Swan / Mary OliverMary Oliver is the best-selling poet in America by a long shot. And her life, mostly in Provincetown, Massachusetts but in her last years...
Alistair AppletonJun 13, 20221 minPoetryThunder / Elizabeth BishopI love Elizabeth Bishop's poetry. The Moose and The Sandpiper are both masterpieces. But I came across this uncollected sonnet of hers...
Alistair AppletonMay 26, 20221 minPoetryWe're building the ship as we sail it / Kay RyanKay Ryan is an erstwhile America Poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner. But what is so delicious about her poem are the mordent...
Alistair AppletonJan 21, 20224 minMeditationEvery broken heart is sacredThe final blog in my series of seven from 2013 is perhaps the juiciest of them all. I was all tender from a very intense, heart-breaking...