Poetry

In recent years, Miriam has become regular presence at the Passover table.  For some she is there in the form of

Living as a poet means you are acutely attuned to the voices within, you seek to listen, to discern the words that best capture your own inner truth.

National Poetry Month officially began yesterday. It is not altogether clear why the Academy of American Poets chose April as the month to celebrate poets and poetry.

Another Obituary

The news of Adrienne Rich’s death yesterday at age 82 sent me immediately to my bookshelves and an extended swim through the currents of words she has left behind. All writers believe in the power of words—and maybe especially poets, whose words are fewer and so carefully chosen—but for me Rich’s writing particularly and persuasively argued for the ability of words, language, expression to create new realities, to change the world.

Her writings are archived in the Minnesota Historical Society. The Minneapolis Public Library has a chair in her name.

1. Emma Lazarus was born in 1849 to Moses and Esther Nathan Lazarus, descendants of the pioneering group of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who settled in

In women’s studies classes, we spend a lot of time talking about power: who has it, who doesn’t, and how it moves.

Happy National Poetry Month!