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Nov 9, 2010

Network Post: The Poetry of Voting

Glynn Young

In this post at one of our Network blogs, Glynn Young shares the mysterious way a book of poetry voiced his experience in the voting line.

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Nov 6, 2010

The Work of a Poet

L.L. Barkat

I was sitting near the window-seat at a small inn outside of Pittsburgh. The sun was shining on antique floor boards, white lace curtains, and the deep, deep snow outside the door. I'd just...

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Nov 4, 2010

The Work of a Poem

L.L. Barkat

I was going to write about the Sears catalog. Or maybe it was J.C. Penny's. When I was a kid, I studied the Holiday Catalog for a whole month before Christmas. Circling, tabbing, dreaming. My...

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Feb 20, 2009

RAP: Changing the World

L.L. Barkat

If poetry is the language of the prophets (which it is), and if poetry can take our days and express them in terms we'll never forget, and if it can make us feel things we might otherwise ignore,...

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Oct 31, 2008

Party Time - Random Acts of Poetry

L.L. Barkat

L.L. here. I am SO loving Random Acts of Poetry. Because poetry publishing has too often resembled a back room party. A private club. Or, like my eldest daughter recently explained to my youngest...

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Daily Reflection From Laity Lodge

Add to the Beauty

During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +