Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life

Marta Mcdowell

The Complete poems of James Dickey

James Dickey

A Poet's Glossary

On the book
Aleatory
Amoebean Verses
I always speak Anacoluthon
Bouts Rimes
Country House Poetry
Diwan poetry
Chhayavaad
Doha poetry
Dream Allegory
Dub poetry
Conceit poetry
Dyfalu
Elliptical poetry
burt on Susan
Ensalada poem
Fakhr poetry
Four Ages of Poetry
Glosa
Griot  - Indian poets too had to write praises of kings, article
Hain teny Vs Avadhanam
 Manyoshu
Nature poetry
Paradelle
Oriki
Pantoum
Rajaz
Rhopalic

Tracks and Shadows

Harry W Greene

A Fork in the Road

Table of Contents
Consider the Twinkie
Carrot cashew curry  in Stolen apples Yankee pot roast
chasing the tail of chiuchow - strips of taro frosted with silvery sugar
An Italian Education
Annabel Langbein
Afloat On the Amazon
Omar Sharif slept here
Cassoulet  Vs Cassoulet
Cuisine by Design
Green chile chicken with spring vegetables 

100 Greatest photographs to ever appear in Arizona Highways magazine

Hum

Jamaal May

Whos Who at the Zoo

Year of No sugar

Year of no sugar

I have stopped having sugar in tea since I started the 100 diet 
about 2 months now.
But I still need to have some sugar in coffee as it tastes bitter even with cream.
Today I was at a point if I should add sugar to my coffee.  I like tea for its a hot drink, so I dont miss sugar too much.
I am much into sweets. But cookies rule me. Its the crunch that gets me. Are gooey things more sweet?

Five-plant Gardens

Wow. Like flower arrangement, arrangements of plants in a garden.

Five strides on the banked track

I read about Roller Derby in Frank Deford's previous book Over Time. If you have heard his commentary on NPR, you cant help but read the book in his tone.
'The Roller derby prospers, rocking and whirring,exciting its own, nurturing its young. It was designed on a tablecloth..'
Deford's writing technique moves with contrasting images of high activity and a tablecloth.
Like Meads study on Samoans, Hemingway's on Bull fighting, this will be the last word on Roller Derby.


Nowadays people mostly want to read about things they are already familiar with 

Never Ever shout in a Zoo

With Zoo theme at day care, my daughter read this book yesterday.
I didnt guess what would happen if you shouted in a zoo. The illustrations of all the animals of the zoo in one activity creates immediacy.
The verses itself catch on to you fast as each line adds a new word like a magnet attaching links. Remind sme of my poem Count to believe.

Never mail an Elephant

Mike thaler

Its Zoo theme this week.
From the title, I thought the story was going to be about sending a letter to an elephant. But the actual story is different. Next time I look for a stamp, I am always gonna think about reams and reams of stamps needed to mail .. you will know what, when you read the book.
Today my daughter read this at her day care.

Poetry of Witness

Yannis Ritsos
Paul Celan
Nazim Hikmet
Paul Eluard
Sergei Yesenin

exercise:

1. What would your breathcrystal poem  be?
2. Schwarz Milk - Black Milk to Schwarzenegger meaning German Names
Black Milk  - Oil is the black milk of the world
3. cent pour cent - one hundred percent
   Heard it a lot back home in India
4. What  Realia would describe you?
5. Chestnut covers
 Admiring paper of Chestnut Tree
Our Ancestors didnt know   
A book would become an Albatross
6. Alexandrine

Is Internet really the answer?

On Twitter, we keep following what we like. Linkedin shows you similar and you might know and related links. With this Big Data, will some day we actually know what we are looking for?