Tootfinder

‪Langston Hughes
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)
full poem here:
#Poetry

““Pay, pay attention to the sky,” he shouts to passers-by. The planets gather dust from passing trucks.”
— The Veiled Suite: The Collected Poems by Agha Shahid Ali
#poetry #environment

Do you keep a journal or diary? Would you like to?
I invite you try out the ancient and contemporary form of tanka (as transformed by poet Harryette Mullen) as a way of documenting something of your own intimate experience of these extraordinary times.
#poetry #journal

I’ve been thinking about how we stay sane in the constant unfolding crisis and dizzying spectacle — what practices help us stay true to our own minds and hearts?
One possibility is the alchemy of turning news into poetry, like fairytale straw into gold.
#poetry #news