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“Sonnet: Grief Dies” by Henry Timrod

“Sonnet: Grief Dies” by Henry Timrod

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, August 03, 2021
“Remember” by Christina Rossetti

“Remember” by Christina Rossetti

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, July 27, 2021
“We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

“We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, July 20, 2021
“To Licinius” by Horace

“To Licinius” by Horace

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, July 13, 2021
“If China” by Stanislaw Baranczak

“If China” by Stanislaw Baranczak

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, July 06, 2021
“The Innocence of Solomon” by Nick Joaquin

“The Innocence of Solomon” by Nick Joaquin

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, June 29, 2021
“On the Birth of a Son” by Su Tung-Po

“On the Birth of a Son” by Su Tung-Po

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, June 22, 2021
“Letter to the Front” by Muriel Rukeyser

“Letter to the Front” by Muriel Rukeyser

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, June 15, 2021
“Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words” by Mahmoud Darwish

“Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words” by Mahmoud Darwish

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, June 08, 2021
“Sunflower Sutra” by Allen Ginsberg

“Sunflower Sutra” by Allen Ginsberg

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, June 01, 2021
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2nd Look

Figures in the Frame

by Walter Nicklin

One thing we’ve learned from the past year and a half is that slowing down and staying in one place for a while isn’t always so bad. This is what Walter Nicklin learned while spending his quarantine in coastal Maine, where he goes each summer. “Coronavirus reframes everything, and I’m now thinking the previously unthinkable: that other people’s presence actually enhances the view,” he wrote. “They and I are now sharing not only the same prospect but also a common enemy.”

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