Great Regulars: Bill Holm was a great man

and unlike most great men he really looked like one. Six-foot-eight, big frame, and a big white beard and a shock of white hair, a booming voice, so he loomed over you like a prophet and a preacher, which is what he was.

from Garrison Keillor: A Prairie Home Companion: Bill Holm: 1943-2009

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April 5, 1974
by Richard Wilbur

The air was soft, the ground still cold.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: April 5, 1974 by Richard Wilbur

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Bridal Shower
by George Bilgere

Perhaps, in a distant café,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Bridal Shower

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The Cross of Snow
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In the long, sleepless watches of the night,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Cross of Snow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Late Winter Rains
by Amber Coverdale Sumrall

When the rains finally start they do not stop.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Late Winter Rains by Amber Coverdale Sumrall

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Sleeping Next to the Man on the Plane
by Ellen Bass

I'm not well. Neither is he.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Sleeping Next to the Man on the Plane by Ellen Bass

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What I Believe
by Michael Blumenthal

I believe there is no justice,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: What I Believe by Michael Blumenthal

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Zero
by George Bilgere

First it was five above, then two,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Zero by George Bilgere

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