M Christine Delea's Blog, page 6

For the Graduation [Bolinas School, June 11, 1971] by Robert Creeley

For the Graduation [Bolinas School, June 11, 1971] by Robert Creeley for Sarah Pretension has it you can't get back what's gone by....

The Traveling Onion by Naomi Shihab Nye

The Traveling Onion by Naomi Shihab Nye “It is believed that the onion originally came from India. In Egypt it was an  object of...

White Sands by Arthur Sze

White Sands by Arthur Sze --Walking along a ridge of white sand-- it's cooler below the...

The Hunter in the Snow by William Carlos Williams

The Hunter in the Snow by William Carlos Williams The over-all picture is winter icy mountains in the background the return from the...

Ode to the Tiniest Dessert Spoon in All Creation by Karen An-Hwei Lee

Ode to the Tiniest Dessert Spoon in All Creation by Karen An-Hwei Lee In a new translator’s version of Genesis, there’s no Adam. No...

Dusting by Rita Dove

Dusting by Rita Dove Every day a wilderness—no shade in sight. Beulah patient among knicknacks, the solarium a rage of light, a...

God moves in mysterious ways. by Michelle Lizet Flores

I knelt for my mother at the altar. I was not greedy, never asked for a miracle. I just wanted God to give her strength and rest. Four...

Ode to the Pollo Asado Burritos from Alberto’s Tacos by Jose Hernandez Diaz

Ode to the Pollo Asado Burritos from Alberto’s Tacos by Jose Hernandez Diaz I am faithful to you. Faithful, like the sun and moon. I...

Maintaining the Species by Deborah Burnham

Maintaining the Species by Deborah Burnham In the zoo's glass room, two dozen warblers from New Guinea hop and preen. They're ten...

Maintaining the Species by Deborah Burnham

Maintaining the Species by Deborah Burnham In the zoo's glass room, two dozen warblers from New Guinea hop and preen. They're ten...