GoodPoems - Poetry — music in concert with ideas. A blog by Judith R. Robinson.
A JEWISH MUSICAL EVENT FOR WOMEN by alongtheseriversHELLO POETRY LOVERS, IN HEBREW THE WORD FOR POEM AND FOR SONG IS THE SAME : "SHEER" (PHONETICALLY) --WHICH POINTS OUT THE MUSICALITY INHERENT IN GOOD POETRY. IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT THE OLD ENGLISH ...
EVERYTHING TODAY -- WHAT A TREAT! by alongtheseriversHELLO POETRY LOVERS, NOT A GREAT MANY GROWN-UPS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECAPTURE AN EXACT SENSE OF CHILDHOOD, EVEN GOOD WRITERS. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WRITE FOR CHILDREN, QUITE SUCCESSFULLY, AND ...
APRIL IS POETRY MONTH by alongtheseriversHELLO POETRY LOVERS, THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE THE POST-GAZETTE POEM, "SPRING LIGHT IN PITTSBURGH," WHICH WAS PUBLISHED TODAY, APRIL 6, 2013. AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS, I WROTE IT TO HERALD THE ...
MEDIEVAL HEBREW* POETRY by alongtheseriversHello Poetry Lovers, It is well known that Hebrew was a dormant language for centuries. Jewish people in Europe spoke Yiddish, other scattered Jews did as well. In the Diaspora many of our people...
MEET THE ARTIST: #3 by alongtheseriversHello Poetry Lovers, Reporting on an outstanding event held February 21 by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. The evening was multi-faceted: at trendy Tamari Restaurant in Lawrenceville, the...
POET AND PATRIARCH, AL SMOLOVER by alongtheseriversHELLO POETRY LOVERS, THERE IS SAD NEWS IN PITTSBURGH TODAY. WE HAVE LOST AL SMOLOVER, A COMMUNITY LEADER, GOOD FRIEND, AND FINE MAN. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ALSO FIT THAT DES...
THE BLUE HEART by alongtheseriversTHE BLUE HEART Hello Poetry Lovers, I am very pleased to tell you that quite soon a new poetry chapbook called THE BLUE HEART will be released by Finishing Line Press. This is the collection of ...
A CANADIAN POET by alongtheseriversHELLO POETRY LOVERS, I AM EXCITED ABOUT SHARING THE WORK OF A POET NEW TO ME, ALTHOUGH SOMEONE OF CONSIDERABLE REPUTE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, A.M. KLEIN. RECOGNIZED AS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN POETRY, ...
AUTUMN 2012 by alongtheseriversHello Poetry Lovers, Just past the Jewish New Year, and looking forward to Chanukah, but in between we deal with autumn, in all its majesty. But of course there is more than majesty to autumn. ...
Why Poetry? by alongtheserivers
Why Poetry? A question I am often asked; there are a multitude of ways to answer, but here is mine: More than another form of amusement or entertainment, poetry has been regarde...
Why Poetry? A question I am often asked; there are a multitude of ways to answer, but here is mine: More than another form of amusement or entertainment, poetry has been regarde...