Risking Everything: 110 Poems of Love and Revelation | 
Mary Oliver, the poet has passed away at the age of 93. I can think of no tribute more eloquent and fitting than the first poem of hers that I ever read, “When Death Comes.” Of particular poignancy is the last stanza (above) and I hope in the “everything” where she is now she can say she was married to amazement. I know that her work has been a part of what has made my life amazing.
#LGPOG
This is how I'm spending my wild new years! My first game of Risk, with my husband and I've been losing terribly since we started. But hey! I've got Australia and champagne! 😎😂
The deciduous tree population is rather small in proportion to the evergreens in the area where I live, so instead of colorful leaves, one of the first harbingers of Fall is Starbucks' PSL! I don't care what the haters say, I ❤️ PSLs and look forward to them every year.
I literally finished this book on the last day of Summer and then started carting it around for its #LGPbooktour. And yes, I kept all the bookmarks intact! #FallintoBooks
I read a poem a day aloud (sometimes to a less than an enthusiastic audience) to get a sense of each poem's rhythms and/or flow. Sometimes even a change in the stress of a word in a line can open it all up!
#doggosoflitsy
I've been reading a poem a day and by poet; but I hit a wall yesterday with T.S. Eliot. I don't even understand the literary criticism that I had hoped would help me understand what I'm looking at! It's frustrating and humbling; but maybe one day the penny will drop and I'll be able to come back to his works.
(Pictured: Detail of photo of TSE; Keystone Pictures USA/Alamy Stock Photo; Snagged from the PoetryFoundation.org)
With every poem, I mark lines out, checking, underscoring, bracketing, "❤️"-ing... This copy becoming more and more personal with each pencil line as it delivers up each offering's secrets.
What better place to read poetry then at a brewery named dialogue? There isn't any separation between the brews and the dining area, and they have magnets for the kids! The boy is mine, the girl is a friends. They think they are cousins, which they really could pass as ones. ❤
#booksandbrews
pickAn uplifting and warming collection of poems that was beautifully curated. These poems felt like they belonged together and had a prevailing theme of, Be. Here. Now-ness. Very enjoyable and I recommend to keep on-hand for the occasional reality check. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
After a 3.5 hr. car ride to get 3.5 miles (snow in Portland, smh) this book feels like the perfect way to decompress ☺️
pickI don't read much poetry, but after this I want to!! Any recommendations?? This came to me during a time of some big changes and it had some perfect things to tell me. Loved it!!
