Great Regulars: And the Cantilevered Inference Shall Hold the Day

by Michael Blumenthal

Things are not as they seem: the innuendo of everything makes

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: And the Cantilevered Inference Shall Hold the Day by Michael Blumenthal

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Home By Now
by Meg Kearney

New Hampshire air curls my hair like a child's

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Home By Now by Meg Kearney

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My Daughters in New York
by James Reiss

What streets, what taxis transport them

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: My Daughters in New York by James Reiss

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Self-Portrait
by Mary Oliver

I wish I was twenty and in love with life

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Self-Portrait by Mary Oliver

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Sonnet 43: How do I love thee, let me count the ways
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Sonnet 43: How do I love thee, let me count the ways by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Summer in a Small Town
by Linda Gregg

When the men leave me,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Summer in a Small Town by Linda Gregg

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A Wife Explains Why She Likes Country
by Barbara Ras

Because those cows in the bottomland are black and white, colors

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: A Wife Explains Why She Likes Country by Barbara Ras

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