When Your Friend is Diagnosed with Cancer

If you have a friend who is diagnosed with cancer, the best thing to do in terms of what to … More

Lifesaving Poems: Rutger Kopland’s ‘I Cavalli di Leonardo’

I Cavalli di LeonardoAll those sketches he left behind –endless series of repetitions: bunches of muscles, sinews,knuckles, joints, the entire … More

This week saw the death of poet and Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szmborska. She was 88. Her compatriot Czeslaw Milosz described … More

With Only One LifeHold with both handsThe tray of every dayAnd pass in turnAlong this counter.There is enough sunFor everybody.There … More

mercifully ordain that we may become aged togetherTobit 8.7 I was in the Canadian Muffin Company in Armada Way,waiting for … More

If you write poetry (and I assume that if you do, you are also actively engaged in reading it), sooner … More

Love Listen Let’s love, listen, take timewhen time is all we have. Let’s be unafraid to be kind,learn to disregard … More