Crazy Covid Dreams
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been having crazy covid dreams. But before I get into them, I just want to say, I can’t believe I haven’t blogged since…
The Seed of Hope
Years ago, when I worked as a social worker at the Child Guidance Clinic of Winnipeg, I had the privilege of meeting many young children, teens, and their families. They…
HOW WE ARE HUMAN
What better way to start a new year than by reviewing HOW WE ARE HUMAN, a book of poems by Luke Maguire Armstrong. It found its way to my desk…
Illustrious Poetry in New York’s KGB Bar
Taras Shevchenko was a political poet, during the Tsarist regime in Russia in the latter half of the 19th century. He illuminated through his poetry the plight of the Ukrainian…
The Many Paths of Inspiration
I’ve written about inspiration before, but I gave it short shrift. The Encarta dictionary defines inspiration as: “stimulation for the human mind to creative thought or the making of art”.…
Writing As Therapy
Although I’ve written many poems, I’ve only published one poem on my site. For me, poetry has been largely a way to deal with powerful feelings that arise, often unexpected…
Poetry
I’ve written a lot of poetry, inspired many times by some angst I was going through. I found it cathartic. I got my love of poetry from my father, who…