Instead of our usual Watch/Liste/Read today, we’re celebrating an extra special part of National Poetry Month with Poem in Your Pocket Day. We keep so many things there, literally and metaphorically. Today we’re asked to tuck a poem on a piece of paper into our own pockets. A poem on paper is small. It’s something…
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Goldberg Variations & Other Favorites (W/L/R)
This week’s Watch/Listen/Read brings us from Baroque music such as Bach’s Goldberg Variations to modern LGBTQ+ Poetry. Leave a note in the comments below to let us know what you have been watching, listening to, or reading! Netflix and Sleepless Nights Nights where I’m awake in the middle of the night because things hurt are…
Passover and More (Watch/Listen/Read)
Erika Writes: Passover Prep Preparation for Passover has been underway here, which has meant finding an even more careful balance between doing what needs to be done and resting enough. Sure, I can rest once the holiday begins, but who wants to celebrate a holiday when you’re already feeling worn out. Especially one celebrating freedom–something…
Hamnet and other Projects (Watch/Listen/Read)
Erika Writes: If this were Caturday, I might be writing something about being pinned down by cats and discussing with them why our 30 Days, 30 Poems selections have not yet included any poems about cats. Especially when there are so many excellent poems about cats. But it’s not Caturday. Regardless, I’m still pinned down…
Poetry for 30 Days (Watch/Listen/Read)
Adam Writes: Happy Gudi Padwa! And Ramadan Mubarak! It’s National Poetry Month and Erika in particular is busy. By rights we should both be talking about our favorite poems. Giving the readers a clue as to how to read them. Etc. But I thought that while I’m still in India I should talk about a…
Tropes and Cliches (Watch/Listen/Read)
Adam Writes: Our appearance on the podcast Master of None came out yesterday, and there’s another one on the way in spring or summer. (Well… I’m in Bangalore now, where it’s currently summer. And Erika is in Florida where it’s pretty much always spring or summer. But you get the idea. Details to follow.) I…
Poetry: What is It? (Watch/Listen/Read)
Erika Writes: Recovering from a Wearying Week The word of the week is “weary.” That’s really the only word I can come up with for how I’m feeling right now. I’d like to say a few days of good, solid rest will resolve that, but I don’t really believe it. I’ll do my best to…
Making Room for Simple Joy (Watch/Listen/Read)
In our Watch/Listen/Read this week, Adam and Erika discuss how to find simple joy in difficult times. Favorite books. Favorite songs. Memories of favorite places. And of course their fake viola wars. These things bring joy in times of sorrow and difficulty. Adam Writes: So my eReader broke a few days ago. Thankfully I had…
Poets of Twitter (Watch/Listen/Read)
Adam Writes So this week I wanted to do something a little different. I put out a call on Twitter asking people to share their writings with me so that I could include them in this week’s Watch/Listen/Read. I did get some responses. First Poet of Twitter: Joseph Fasano Joseph Fasano sent a link to…
Poetry and Anger: Watch/Listen/Read
Erika Writes: It definitely hasn’t been the easiest week. With legislation targeting the LGBTQ community, especially kids in Florida, (which I wrote about again this week,) and where it passed the Florida House yesterday, as well as the Stop Woke act. Along with Texas and Alabama. Along with other terrible legislation. Plus what’s going on…