Archive for March, 2007
Some Thoughts on Poetry and Speed
Okay, time for a confession: I’m a poet. Academically trained, have a book out and everything. But I’ve been working outside the genre the last couple of years–doing some other worthy and exciting projects, including my first science fiction stories.
Now though, poetry’s calling me back and I’m moving that direction, not just as a writer [...]
Crunch! Healthy Food Books for Healthy Kids
So we’re subscribing to a farm this year–it’s a cool idea. We pay a local farmer about $600 for the season and in exchange we get six months of just-picked local organic vegetables–everything from spring radishes to fall squash and lots of yummy stuff in between. Weekly pickups right in town. Since the quantities may [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Poetry Friday: Tu Fu’s “South Wind”, Trans. by Kenneth Rexroth
“South Wind”
by Tu Fu, trans. Kenneth Rexroth, collected in A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry
The days grow long, the mountains
Beautiful. The south wind blows
Over blossoming meadows.
Newly arrived swallows dart
Over the streaming marshes.
Ducks in pairs drowse on the warm sand.
Forgotten Children’s SF Writers: Alexander Key
Last week’s post left me thinking I needed to get over to the library, check out whatever Alexander Key books they had and be ready to blog summaries and reflections, Key being a children’s science fiction writer who’s known for little other than his sympathetic aliens.
Here’s the hitch, our library–which I adore and find generally [...]
