Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Great Regulars: The Country Wife

by Dana Gioia

She makes her way through the dark trees

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Country Wife by Dana Gioia

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December, Outdoors
by John Updike

Clouds like fish shedding scales are stretched

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: December, Outdoors by John Updike

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Frankly
by Naomi Shihab Nye

No one has time for the dying.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Frankly by Naomi Shihab Nye

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Good-Night
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Good-Night by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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New Year Resolve
by May Sarton

The time has come

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: New Year Resolve by May Sarton

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Outside Fargo, North Dakota
by James Wright

Along the sprawled body of the derailed

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Outside Fargo, North Dakota by James Wright

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