Last night I made a pork roast, revenge dish for the hog Who said he saw no shadow and popped back in his log. While all across the country we looked for signs of spring -- A bud, a shoot, a puddle, the robins that could sing. But all we found was winter -- the [...]
Category: Poetry
Ode to our Thanksgiving bird
'T was the day before Thanksgiving and all through our place Molly stood stirring at a furious pace. The dough was all kneaded, risen and baked Nuts roasted warmly, lemon rind flaked. The turkey sat frozen, too fat for the pan. We hauled out our annual improvised plan. Then Molly in her apron, and I [...]
In honor of real words and their ambassador, Ellen Kort
On Sunday, Molly and I took a moment from our chaotic world of tweets and texts and celebrated real words. Our hosts included some of today's finest poets, because that's the way we roll here in Appleton, home of Wisconsin's first poet laureate Ellen Kort. We sat in on a poetry reading as part of the [...]