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09 May Poets’ Corner: Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day seems harmless enough. Treat mom to brunch. Buy flowers. Good times.But the story of the modern holiday – celebrated on Sunday in the United States and many other nations –is rife with controversy, conflict, and consumerism run amok. Internet research turned up the...
12 Feb Poets’ Corner: 3 Different Spins on Love for Valentine’s Day
Popular celebrations of Valentine’s Day gained traction in the late 17th century, but not until 100 years ago did most Europeans and Americans begin to agree that a long-term relationships (in those days that meant marriage) should be based on love. Since then, Cupid’s Day...
21 Nov Poets’ Corner: Thanksgiving Banquet, A Meta for Consequences of Excess?
In this Thanksgiving poem by our not-regular-enough contributor David Feela, an endless buffet becomes a meta for a world increasingly divided by haves and have nots and the consequences of ignorance and indifference. Spoiler alert: in this unusual case, the haves get their comeuppance. Food for...
24 Nov Poets’ Corner: Thanksgiving, A Choice
In this Thanksgiving poem by our not-regular-enough contributor David Feela, a hawk could be a meta for us post-Thanksgiving and into the holiday season. If, that is, the day after, we see ourselves sitting high on the pole, fully satisfied and deeply grateful. If, as...
13 Feb Poets’ Corner: Making Connections for Valentine’s (And Other) Days
Google as I did “Valentine’s Day and online dating,” and one of the first things that came up was an article on eHarmony Advice, “Why Valentine’s Day for Women is Like the Super Bowl for Men,” by Julie Spira, who bills herself as an “online...
29 Dec Poets’ Corner: A Nugget for the New Year
You’ve made a little list and checked it twice. No, not that list. Christmas is over. Your New Year’s Eve resolutions. The top 10 usually include losing weight, eating more healthily, exercising more, stopping smoking, sticking to a budget, saving money, getting more organized, being more patient, finding...
19 Jun Poets’ Corner: Two for Father’s Day
According to history.com, during the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied in New York City’s Central Park–a public reminder, said Parents’ Day...