November 2020 – Alison McGhee

November 28, 2020November 28, 2020

Poem of the Week, by Emily Dickinson

My new poems podcast, Words by Winter, can be found here. This morning I pulled a little book off my poetry shelves that looked like the kind of book I used to search through as a teenager, full of poems and aphorisms and quotes about how to live. Where this book came from I don’t know, but … Continue reading Poem of the Week, by Emily Dickinson

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020

Poem of the Week, by Ursula K. Le Guin

My new poems podcast, Words by Winter, can be found here. When we were little we weren’t supposed to swim for an hour after we ate, because if we did, cramps will seize you and you’ll sink to the bottom and drown. Or something like that. And when we got drunk or high we were killing off … Continue reading Poem of the Week, by Ursula K. Le Guin

November 14, 2020

Poem of the Week, by David Ray

My new poems podcast, Words by Winter, can be found here. “No regrets” is a phrase and a feeling I don’t understand. Regrets, I have plenty. “But every decision and every choice brought you to where you are right now,” a friend argues, in the latest iteration of a conversation we keep having. “How can you possibly … Continue reading Poem of the Week, by David Ray

November 7, 2020

Poem of the Week, by Omar Khayyam

My new poems podcast, Words by Winter, can be found here. On the way back from a long jog yesterday I glimpsed this book in a little free library. The sight of it brought me straight back to childhood. The poet’s name used to mesmerize me, and so did the poem below, which I copied out as … Continue reading Poem of the Week, by Omar Khayyam