Life Poems to Hold In Your Hands “Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” ― Leonard Cohen Sweatpants & Coffee Posted on April 1, 2015
Inspiration Poetry Corner | Julia Park Tracey Interview: What it means to be poet laureate, The Doris Diaries, and an ode to the 1989 quake “Poetry is kind of like Brussels sprouts,” a friend of mine said recently. “Some people love it and most people hate it.” I Tomi Wiley Posted on September 1, 2014
Uncategorized A Lesson in Lyric Form | Poetry Corner You don’t have to be a poet to love the lush lyrics of finely wrought words – but poets do know how to link them, how to Tomi Wiley Posted on July 18, 2014
Uncategorized Poetry Corner I Final Call Final Call For Jodi Pelicans pulse the air, glide low over the ocean. Surf trembles, trenches the pebbled shore, Tomi Wiley Posted on June 28, 2014
Wellness Poetry Corner | A Dozen Days (Without You) Love ’em and leave ’em: what happens when you have to let go? Julia Park Tracey examines love and loss through a Tomi Wiley Posted on June 5, 2014
Wellness Poetry Corner | “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou In the words of the beloved poet, author and activist, the world lost a truly phenomenal woman on May 28, 2014. Maya Angelou Tomi Wiley Posted on May 29, 2014
Uncategorized The Year Of Cherry Red Lipstick I’m not sure who gave me the tube of Cherry Red Lipstick so perfectly hued that my lips looked black and blue a bruise Tomi Wiley Posted on April 25, 2014
Uncategorized Poetry Corner | Celia’s Still Life Celia’s Still Life Statues more alive than a dozen children wiggling to be so still. Feeling whatever they felt however long Tomi Wiley Posted on March 21, 2014
TV, Movies & Recaps Poetry Corner, Soap Opera Edition | “Love’s Philosophy” When people think of soap operas, they think of many things… but poetry is probably not chief amongst them. And yet over the Tomi Wiley Posted on March 14, 2014
Uncategorized Poetry Corner | Perceptive Prayer PERCEPTIVE PRAYER The beauty of summer nights is how they go on – light lingering so long we can imagine ourselves immortal. Tomi Wiley Posted on March 6, 2014