Kiss Joy as it Flies: Understanding Poetry

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The Beauty of the Limerick

Here is a good ol' limerick post for all of you craving one. In 1846, Iowa became the 29th state, the US...
Fever Explained

"or breeze emerge to lift the frowsy ruffs of owls" In August heat many years ago, I slept, my body swelled with baby, and ...
Wheelchairs

A Rainy Morning by Ted Kooser A young woman in a wheelchair, wearing a black nylon poncho spattered with rain, is pushing herself ...
Photography as Haiku

Haiku is a single-breath, a moment in time. It is a surge of awareness, and yet haiku allows the reader to decide what is done with that...
Hafiz: Sufi and Spiritual Teacher (1320-1389)

My husband and I have the prefect bookstore ritual. We separate, each to our own preferred section of the shop, and amass a stack of b...
Buffalo Dusk by Carl Sandburg

The current exhibit at The Arts Center is a collection of photos of the American West by Laton Alton Huffman (1854-1931). My father roma...

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