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Thursday, August 18, 2016 10:27:36 PM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Breakage by Mary Oliver:
Little said, "I go down to the edge of the sea.How everything shines in the morning light!The cusp of the whelk,the broken cupboard of the clam,the opened, blue mussels,moon snails, pale pink and barnacle scarred -and nothing at all whole or shut, but tattered,..." more
Friday, August 12, 2016 6:18:13 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Where Does the Dance Begin, Where Does It End? by Mary Oliver:
Little said, "Don't call this world adorable, or useful, that's not it.It's frisky, and a theater for more than fair winds.The eyelash of lightning is neither good nor evil.The struck tree burns like a pillar of gold.- the beginning of Where Does the Dance Begin,..." more
Friday, August 5, 2016 7:36:30 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: The Journey by Mary Oliver:
Little said, "One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice--though the whole housebegan to trembleand you felt the old tugat your ankles."Mend my life!"each voice cried.But you didn't stop.You..." more
Saturday, July 30, 2016 8:51:24 PM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Best Books of July 2016:
Little said, "July 2016: 10 books and scripts readNon-Fiction PickHamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarterFiction PicksYou Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David LevithanTell Us Something True by Dana Reinhardt"
Friday, July 29, 2016 6:17:08 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Red-headed Restaurant Cashier by Carl Sandburg:
Little said, "Shake back your hair; let go your laughter.Carl Sandburg wrote this line about a red-headed restaurant cashier; I share it here for anyone that needs encouragement to be themselves and to be happy.View all posts tagged as Poetry Friday at..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 6:09:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Song of the Redwood-Tree by Walt Whitman:
Little said, "Murmuring out of its myriad leaves, Down from its lofty top, rising two hundred feet high, Out of its stalwart trunk and limbs - out of its foot-thick bark, That chant of the seasons and time - chant, not of the past only, but the future.-..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Best Books of May 2016:
Little said, "April was busy; May was busier. I managed to read 8 books and scripts this month. I'd like to turn your attention to Savage by Thomas E. Sniegoski, a thriller which brings new meaning to the expression "it's raining cats and dogs" - Prepare yourself..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: The Mystic Trumpeter by Walt Whitman:
Little said, "Hark! some wild trumpeter - some strange musician,Hovering unseen in air, vibrates capricious tunes to-night.I hear thee, trumpeter-listening, alert, I catch thy notes,Now pouring, whirling like a tempest round me,Now low, subdued - now in the..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens:
Little said, "As I laid down my pen, a moment since, to think of it, the air from the sea came blowing in again, mixed with the perfume of the flowers; and I saw the old-fashioned furniture brightly rubbed and polished, my aunt's inviolable chair and table by..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: I Dream'd in a Dream by Walt Whitman:
Little said, "I dream'd in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth; I dream’d that was the new City of Friends; Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love - it led the rest; It was seen every hour..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Just. One. Book.:
Little said, "Margaret at the blog Throwing Chanclas recently shared the plight of a school in her neighborhood:The local junior/senior high school has not been able to purchase new books since the 90s. Some of the "check outs" for old books are in the 1980s...." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Project (Un)Popular by Kristen Tracy:
Little said, "Yearbooks are designed to capture a year in a life of a school as a whole - not an individual student. So some students might assess their yearbook as a good summary of the past year, covering a lot of activities they attended and people they know,..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: A Pinch of Salt by Robert Graves:
Little said, "When a dream is born in you With a sudden clamorous pain, When you know the dream is true And lovely, with no flaw nor stain, O then, be careful, or with sudden clutch You'll hurt the delicate thing you prize so much. Dreams are like a..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Youth and Age by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
Little said, "Flowers are lovely;Love is flower-like;Friendship is a sheltering tree- from Youth and Age by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRead the full poem here.View all posts tagged as Poetry Friday at Bildungsroman.View the roundup schedule at A Year of Reading.Learn..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Best Books of June 2016:
Little said, "Summer has been busy so far! In June, I read 9 books and scripts, none of which are published yet, so I can't expand on them any further at this time. But while I have your attention, if you want to share the love of reading, if you have gently used..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Ulysses by Josh Garrels:
Little said, "I'm holding onto hope that one day this could be made right'Cause I've been shipwreckedand left for deadand I have seen the darkest sightsEveryone I've loved seems like a stranger in the nightBut, oh, my heart still burnsTells me to returnand search..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:48 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter:
Little said, "The musical Hamilton has taken Broadway - and the world - by storm. Led by the impressive Lin-Manuel Miranda, this show has inspired art, song, and activism, encouraging people of all ages and backgrounds to learn from America's past and stand..." more
Friday, July 22, 2016 4:21:47 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: A letter to Eliza from Alexander Hamilton:
Little said, "A letter from Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, August 1780:Impatiently My Dearest have I been expecting the return of your father to bring me a letter from my charmer with the answers you have been good enough to promise me to the little..." more
Friday, May 27, 2016 7:56:33 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Just lost when I was saved by Emily Dickinson:
Little said, "Just lost when I was saved! Just felt the world go by! Just girt me for the onset with eternity, When breath blew back, And on the other side I heard recede the disappointed tide! Therefore, as one returned, I feel, Odd secrets of the line..." more
Friday, May 20, 2016 7:07:17 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Study by D.H. Lawrence:
Little said, "Somewhere the long mellow note of the blackbirdQuickens the unclasping hands of hazel,Somewhere the wind-flowers fling their heads back,Stirred by an impetuous wind. Some ways'llAll be sweet with white and blue violet. (Hush now,..." more
Friday, May 13, 2016 6:36:26 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: My true love hath my heart by Sir Philip Sidney:
Little said, "My true love hath my heart, and I have his, By just exchange one for another given: I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss, There never was a better bargain driven: My true love hath my heart, and I have his. His heart in me..." more
Friday, May 6, 2016 7:16:12 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: Our Little House by Thomas Walsh:
Little said, "Our little house upon the hillIn winter time is strangely still;The roof tree, bare of leaves, stands high,A candelabrum for the sky,And down below the lamplights glow,And ours makes answer o'er the snow.Our little house upon the hillIn summer..." more
Saturday, April 30, 2016 8:19:35 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Best Books of April 2016:
Little said, "April 2016: 7 books and scripts readGenre Fiction PickThe Demonists by Thomas E. SniegoskiYA Fiction PickEssential Maps for the Lost by Deb Caletti"
Friday, April 29, 2016 5:55:24 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: In the Beginning by Harriet Monroe:
Little said, "When sunshine met the wave, Then love was born; Then Venus rose to save A world forlorn. For light a thousand wings Of joy unfurled, And bound with golden rings The icy world. And color flamed the earth With glad desire, ..." more
Friday, August 26, 2016 7:06:44 AM
Little Willow wrote a blog post titled Poetry Friday: August by Mary Oliver:
Little said, "When the blackberries hangswollen in the woods, in the bramblesnobody owns, I spendall day among the highbranches, reachingmy ripped arms, thinkingof nothing, crammingthe black honey of summerinto my mouth; all day my bodyaccepts what it is. In the..." more