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grrlscientist | May 25, 2010tags: Bill Murray, Poets House, NYC, NYC Life, Construction Workers, employment, I dwell in Possibility, Gathering Paradise, poem, poetry, poetry reading, Emily Dickinson, streaming video
This is a beautiful video, showing the construction of NYC's Poets House, along with a reading of several poems, including Emily Dickinson's lovely poem, "I dwell in Possibility," by actor Bill Murray, and ending with a short segment where some of the guys introduce themselves. This poetry reading was the first to take place at the Poets House new home. It's really fitting that those who constructed the…
bioephemera | June 10, 2009While I was out of town this weekend, one of my friends lost her dog. As I read over the many caring comments on her Facebook page, it struck me how difficult it is to express condolences - especially on the loss of a pet. Like many others, I ended up simply saying "I'm sorry."
The significance of the relationship between pet and person is often minimized, even though we know that the unconditional love supplied by a pet can do astonishing things for human mental and physical health. Personally, I don't believe animals have souls, but neither do I believe they are soulless automatons. Cats…
grrlscientist | December 24, 2008tags: t'was the night before chistmas, poem, poetry reading, christmas, streaming video
This video features Tay Zonday reading the popular poem [3:03]
grrlscientist | September 26, 2008tags: Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, birds, poetry, The Peace of Wild Things, Wendell Berry
Abstract.
Male Wood Duck, Aix sponsa.
Image: John Del Rio [larger view].
This has been a difficult and frightening week, and I admit I was especially terrified to learn that my bank failed and was seized by the SEC last night -- how am I going to pay rent this month?? -- and I've wondered if we all would make it to Friday without the entire nation ending up hungry and homeless. But I am deplaning in Seattle at this moment, and getting ready to spend the weekend with my bird pals and my university pals, as…
grrlscientist | May 7, 2008tags: Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House, Billy Collins, poetry
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful implanted in the human soul."
-- Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
I received so many poetry suggestions from you that I decided to continue to publish poetry on my site once per week for you to enjoy. One of my SB colleagues, John Lynch, posts a poem every Friday (here's his poetry archives), so I will post a poem on Wednesday at 10 am ET, as long as…
grrlscientist | April 30, 2008tags: Bag of Bones, Dunya Mikhail, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I posted one poem per day every day this month for you to enjoy. You have sent me so many poems and suggestions that I plan to use all of them in the coming weeks; I will post one poem per week, on Wednesdays at noon, for as long as you send suggestions for me to share with my readers.
Today's poem, the last one to appear here during National Poetry Month, is one that I heard the poet read in person when I visited Kansas State University. The poet, a native Iraqi, fled from her home in…
grrlscientist | April 27, 2008tags: Survival Skills, Kay Ryan, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means I can start posting my own favorites (but you've seen many of those already) or you can send me your favorite poems, which I probably haven't read before!
Today's poem was suggested by a reader, Nan, who writes "I lurk around ScienceBlogs and always enjoy your column. Geese are my passion and I…
grrlscientist | April 26, 2008tags: Thank you, My Fate, Anna Swir, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means I can start posting my own favorites (but you've seen many of those already) or you can send me your favorite poems, which I probably haven't read before!
Today's poem was suggested by a reader, Suzanne;
Thank you, My Fate
Great humility fills me,
great purity fills me,
I make love with my…
grrlscientist | April 25, 2008tags: Oda a la Tristeza, Pablo Neruda, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means I can start posting my own favorites (but you've seen many of those already) or you can send me your favorite poems, which I probably haven't read before!
Today's poem was suggested by a reader, Dave;
Oda a la Tristeza
Tirsteza, escarabajo
de siete patas rotas,
huevo de telaraña,
rata…
grrlscientist | April 20, 2008tags: I Sing of Olaf Glad and Big, E. E. Cummings, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me).
Today's poem was suggested by a friend and long-time reader.
I Sing of Olaf Glad and Big
I sing of Olaf glad and big
whose warmest heart recoiled at war:
a conscientious object-or
his wellbelovéd colonel (trig
westpointer most succinctly bred)
took erring Olaf soon in hand;
but--though an host of overjoyed
noncoms(first knocking on the…
grrlscientist | April 19, 2008tags: Three Questions, Ralph Black, poetry, National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me).
My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means I will start posting my own favorites (but you've seen many of those already) or you can send me your favorite poems, which I probably haven't read before! Today's poem was suggested by Dave, a friend and long-time reader of mine, who writes that this poem was written by "a great modern poet…
grrlscientist | April 1, 2008tags: The Best Cigarette, poetry, Billy Collins, streaming video
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day, this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). For this first poem of the month, I found this gem by Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets. It is a streaming video where the poet reads his own poem in his luscious voice, and it is wonderfully animated by David Vaio of FAD [1:42]
The Best Cigarette
There are many that I miss
having sent my last one out a car…