I love libraries. While at my library a couple of weeks ago, I spotted a copy of THE ARTIST’S WAY by Julia Cameron, for sale among the other books in the lobby, and I grabbed it. I paid my dollar (okay, three dollars because I bought two other books, too) even though I already had […]
Since leaving my job–and a reliable income–behind me last June, I have been trying mightily to avoid buying more books. Okay, “mightily” is perhaps the wrong word. I still download books to my Nook, and I still buy a used book here and there…and I impulse-buy a book now and then. Of course poetry books […]
Here’s a poem by my friend Kathryn Johnson. It first appeared in the 2014 Crosscurrents, which is published annually by the Washington Community College Humanities Association (WCCHA). Tuesday Complaints “This is a first world problem.” -Reader quote from Real Simple No shoes To match this skirt, Half a day spent Packing away summer shorts and […]
Click on this link for the Poetry Foundation review of her Poems: 1962-2012, a book I happen to have in my collection (thank you, Priscilla).