Poems for Company

"Posing Questions": "Who hangs a birdhouse from a sapling?"  How would you answer that question?  One poem featured on today's episode places that question...

"Poems About Writing": When you were a student, did you find joy in the writing tasks required of you?  Did self-disclosure make you uncomfortable,...

"Unrequited Love," Part One: Poets respond in a variety of ways when their strong desires for another are not returned: from anger to bewilderment...

"Unlived Lives": What prompted you to make personal life-altering choices?  Do you believe a sky-god or some other cosmic force oversees your personal choices? ...

"Dogs in Homer, Homer's Dog, Other Dogs."  What truths about dogs did Homer know nearly 3000 years ago?  If Homer lived with a dog,...

What do you think of the remarks by the old people you know?  Do they offer wisdom?  Do they complain?  Are they forward-looking?  Are...