Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Great Regulars: Among His Effects We Found a Photograph

by Ed Ochester

My mother is beautiful as a flapper.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Among His Effects We Found a Photograph by Ed Ochester

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At the Vet's
by Maura Stanton

The German shepherd can't lift his hindquarters

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: At the Vet's by Maura Stanton

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Joy
by Julie Cadwallader Staub

Who could need more proof than honey--

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Joy by Julie Cadwallader Staub

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The More Loving One
by W. H. Auden

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The More Loving One by W. H. Auden

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Out of the rolling ocean the crowd
by Walt Whitman

Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Out of the rolling ocean the crowd by Walt Whitman

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Penguin
by William Jay Smith

Polar Bear
by William Jay Smith

Penguin

I think it must be very nice

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Penguin by William Jay Smith Polar Bear by William Jay Smith

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Talking to Ourselves
by Philip Schultz

A woman in my doctor's office last week

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Talking to Ourselves by Philip Schultz

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