Dear Ale

Ale comes home. A love letter from the car as I pick her up at Dulles International airport in DC at midnight on April 10th after a long day of travel.

We're all seeing each other in our most intimate state right now. Plus, some positive news and a reading of the Elizabeth Bishop poem "Casabianca."

In love and war and pandemics, time is relative. There are weeks where decades happen. With a reading of "On Not Flying to Hawaii" by Alison Luterman.

What do you do with your dance partner when the music has stopped? With a reading of a Leonard Cohen song.

Playing games with the universe to create the illusion of control, with a reading of a short Rumi poem.

Navigating this vast sea of emotions and uncertainty. With a reading of a Navajo incantation on the power of words.

Is a florist an essential business? How essential is love, beauty, and poetry? With three short poems by Izumi Shikibu.

The mood of 2020 is a wave surfing on top of another wave, with a reading of the "Archaic Torso of Apollo" by Rilke.

Where have all the birds gone with their song? Including a reading of "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Netflix escapism and imagining us growing old together, with a reading of Mary Oliver's poem "The Whistler."