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what poets do
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I’m always trying to explain to people ‘why poetry?’ But today I found a poem that says it far better than I can, and by one of my favourite poets ~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti. One of the fathers of the Beat Poetry movement, Ferlinghetti is better known for founding City Lights publishing company, which has published such…
day 15 of National Poetry Month
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Britton Gildersleeve
Yes, it’s tax day. But it’s also the mid-point of National Poetry Month! Whoohoo! Today, I thought I’d share with you some gems — haiku. It’s a form considered (too often) for children much of the time, as it’s easy to do. But it’s not easy to do well. Here is one of my favourite haiku…
keeping bees…
By
Britton Gildersleeve
One of my grandson’s earlier words was Bee! My phone wallpaper is a bee, and there are bees on my jewellery, on cups, on various elements of my life. I love bees. This will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me, or reads this blog. Bees are a kind of totem for me, I…
the intersection of then and now
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Britton Gildersleeve
I’ve had a lot of different jobs in my life, as have many people. But I’ve also had several ‘careers’: jobs where you invest time & education to advance, to become better at what you do. Where the work becomes one defining element of who you are. One of the more important ones — it…
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