The Rambling of Grief
In my three years of grieving the loss of our son, I have learned that the clichés, the usual ones about time healing or life being bitter/sweet that are of […]
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“Hey, It’s an Election Year!” When Opinion is Supposed to End the Discussion but Shouldn’t
The comment came up again the other day. “It’s just my opinion,” this person said. “And everyone has their opinion. The thing is, you can’t argue with someone about their […]
Maybe a Different Take on Prayer Would be a Dialogue
I occasionally hear people talking about how God is the last defender of absolutes. It is as though the Greek way of thinking about philosophy, where we move in a […]
Poetry as Enrichment, not Code-Breaking*
I think I said this before, or something like it: Poets don’t write with the intention of making their poems hard to understand. They do not write in code that […]
Why We Should Allow Students to Scribble First
Recently, I tried writing a poem on the COVID-19 Pandemic. As usual, at the start I felt the way I imagine that my students do when I give them writing […]