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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:54:43 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Long-Ago Memory":
Steven said, "Happy Thanksgiving from Cape Cod!Long-Ago MemoryBy Steven WithrowNear the cranberry bogWhere we walked our dogMorning and evening,Even in snow,Where we came to look outAt bog-berries growingAll tinges of red,My grandmother said,“Keep this in..." more
Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:18:08 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Strange Pavement":
Steven said, "I love Robert Francis’s poems, and his “The Sound I Listened For” (click the link to read it) is an unrhymed hexameter sonnet with 14 six-beat lines, a very challenging form and measure to have sound natural when pentameter (lines with five..." more
Thursday, September 29, 2016 8:32:01 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Beach Road Fox":
Steven said, "This short lyric is a mix of memory and imagination. It is also an homage to Robert Frost, whose work I've been reading closely. Thought it out for two weeks, wrote it in two hours. Hope you enjoy.Beach Road FoxAn ocean fog brings foxes out by..." more
Thursday, July 21, 2016 7:59:47 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Eating the Sky":
Steven said, "Eating the SkyThis sky I cannot tasteBut how I might—If I had a mouthTo swallowNorth WestEastAnd South—Partake of Such BrightBlueThis sky I can’t ingestBut if I grewFamished EnoughI might just tryOne wedge Of cloudAnd half A moonFor..." more
Thursday, July 14, 2016 7:41:13 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Advice from the Field":
Steven said, "Advice from the FieldIn building a houseOf modest estate,Abode for the mousy,Not for the great,Be prim as a mouse isSelecting her lot;No good to build housesIn a trouble spot.Mice find it bestTo make like a mole:If short a nest,Inhabit a..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:41:45 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Trespasser at Qwik-Mart":
Steven said, "I don't think I'd want a bear's life, but I do empathize with them. We'll be seeing more and more large predators in places we don't expect, and I hope that doesn't result in us never seeing them at all.Trespasser at Qwik-MartBlack bear..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:41:44 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Trespasser at Qwik-Mart":
Steven said, "I don't think I'd want a bear's life, but I empathize with them. We'll be seeing more and more large predators in places we don't expect, and I hope that doesn't result in us never seeing them at all.Trespasser at Qwik-MartBlack bear climbed..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:35:22 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Trespasser":
Steven said, "TrespasserBlack bear climbed the fence behind the storeAnd lumbered toward the garbage bin.Mother of two,She’d had to let her hunger winAgainst the cautious hollow at her core.Night clerk, out for a smoke, had tossed a boxOf sausage pizza—a tiny..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:35:21 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Trespasser":
Steven said, "TrespasserBlack bear climbed the fence behind the storeAnd lumbered toward the garbage bin.Mother of two,She’d had to let her hunger winAgainst the cautious hollow at her core.Night clerk, out for a smoke, had tossed a boxOf sausage pizza—a tiny..." more
Monday, June 20, 2016 6:34:55 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Mosquito Season":
Steven said, "Ah, lively, deadly life! With Zika and other viruses on the rise, I've heard many variations on "The only good mosquito is a dead mosquito." As frightening as the health threats are, the closer I look, the more I find to admire about..." more
Monday, June 20, 2016 6:34:55 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Close Combat":
Steven said, "After reading that the fisher, a kind of weasel, is one of the porcupine's few predators, I wrote about human beings and survival of the fiercest:Close Combat Even at peace We flex our wills, Fisher circling Porcupine, Certain what kills,..." more
Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:10:19 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled Barding Around Massachusetts for National Poetry Month!:
Steven said, "National Poetry Month has brought me and my "Syllable Sounds" presentation to schools and libraries across my home state of Massachusetts. Here are a few pics from my visits!"
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:49:44 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled My Children's Poetry Career Takes Off in 2016!
Monday, April 27, 2015 10:10:15 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled Poetry at Play: New Weekly YouTube Series!:
Steven said, "This week I'm launching Poetry at Play, a weekly video series on YouTube that will feature poems by me and others, as well as mini-lessons on craft. Check back each week, share the link, and please subscribe to the channel. (Next week we'll film in..." more
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 6:10:04 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POEM: Congress Avenue, Austin, Sunset:
Steven said, "Congress Avenue, Austin, SunsetFree-tailed bats go dropping from the bridgeAnd sorting into swarming patterns. Clouds Of tiny black ambassadors, a smidgeSonoran, chiropteran, gently clashLike Iceland’s vulcan vagabonds of ash.This evening’s bat..." more
Thursday, March 12, 2015 12:28:52 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POEM: "Refugee Camp":
Steven said, "Refugee CampMama held my handAs we walked on small hillsToward a border town.Papa wore a frown.The baby had the chills,And this was a foreign land.Racket of hammers and drillsFrom shelters built on sand,Tents of muddy brown.Families stuck like..." more
Friday, March 6, 2015 7:51:04 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled "Running Away" -- A Shakespearean sonnet:
Steven said, "Running AwayEarly I woke, and early walked outside.Up before birds, I should have been in bedAnd not in darkness, trying my best to hideFrom spooks in woods. I took the road instead.Eleven years had taught me how to climbOff gravel onto bristly..." more
Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:08:37 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled Poems of mine will soon appear in...
Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:44:36 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled "City in Winter" -- a poem for February:
Steven said, "City in WinterCabbies holler from yellow toboggans,“Uptown, downtown—where to, Mac?”Huskies tug them over slush piles,Sixteen mushed mutts to a pack.Sidewalk vendors deal in shovels.Shop signs lend a neon glow,Blue, to ice-encrusted..." more
Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:35:09 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled Crackles of Speech: Poems by Steven Withrow is here!:
Steven said, "BIG NEWS: My first collection of poems, CRACKLES OF SPEECH, is now available for purchase (along with a preview) at this secure link through Lulu.com. This book is a gigantic milestone for me -- more than a decade of work and play -- and I..." more
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:39:28 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POEM: Names of Animals:
Steven said, "Names of AnimalsRhodesian ridgeback, Indonesian crested black macaque,Scaly-tailed tree pangolin, Canary Island peregrine,Himalayan horned domestic yak.Bearded Arctic seal,Purple riverine spaghetti eel, Galápagos flamingo,Hairy long-nosed..." more
Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:28:51 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POEM: Spy-der:
Steven said, "Spy-derSpider is a master of espionage.She leads a lifeof secrecyand sabotage.Patient spider,plain-sight hider, eavesdrops down her subtle thread.She’s a lover of the undercover,and any bugto cross herwinds up dead.©2014 Steven Withrow, all..." more
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 5:36:40 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POEM: Dogsense:
Steven said, "DogsenseI’ve never pinsched a DobermanOr whipped a whippet’s tail.I’ve never trailed a Saint BernardTo find the Holy Grail.I’ve never knocked a boxer outOr bored a borzoi’s brain, But I’ve endured soliloquiesFrom Hamlet, my Great..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:50:24 PM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POEM: Snapping Turtle:
Steven said, "<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]-->Snapping TurtleAn animal of minimal means,He..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:13:35 AM
Steven Withrow wrote a blog post titled POETRY FRIDAY: "Bus Stop in December":
Steven said, "Bus Stop in DecemberMy mailbox wears a cap of snow.A cardinal plays its feather: Morning’s ruddy fluff In whiteout weather.It’s cold enoughTo shape the breath I blow. I rub my palms together. By night it will be three below.© 2016 Steven..." more