Happy February, bookworms! (Note: it took me give tries to spell February correctly in this last sentence. That is why someone invented weekends. Clearly, my brain is fried.) One month of 2012 is down and 11 more to go. February is the month of love and Black History, so there’s something for everyone. Also, perhaps [...]
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National Poetry Month
You probably didn’t know (because, really, who does know about these things besides me and other weirdos who hoard facts and trivia like some people hoard action figures), but April is National Poetry Month. It was established by the Academy of American Poets to increase awareness of the art of poetry, the ability of language [...]
Some Like Poetry
By Wislawa SzymborskaTranslated from Polish by Joanna Maria Trzeciak Some–that means not all. Not even the majority of all but the minority.Not counting the schools, where one must,and the poets themselves, there will be perhaps two in a thousand. Like–but one also likes chicken noodle soup,one likes compliments and the color blue, one likes an [...]
