The last poem I'm reading from the Milosz anthology The Book of Luminous Things and from the section on Non-Attachment. Merwin is often stunning in his evocation of concepts one may not ever have thought of before. Like death anniversaries. Hey it's Friday. And sunny finally. Enjoy!

From the People with People part of the Milosz anthology, recorded on a May day of snow is Olds' piece about her parents and the continuity of generations. It's a bit of a longer one. Enjoy! And yes the snow is long gone in June.

From the Place section in the Milosz anthology, a defamiliarized piece about an American street at night. Moody. Like the sky today.

The Travel section of the Milosz anthology and a piece about the ghosts of the iron horse by Mr Haines. We will leave our homes again soon. Even if it's raining.

The secret of a thing section in the Milosz anthology of luminousness and the much discussed Imagist poem The Red Wheelbarrow by DR WCW. The white chickens are everything. Have a jolly Monday.

It's Friday but I'm still in the nature section of the Milosz anthology. And with Frost crashing through the underbrush. Nature ain't easy.

Which is a Narrow Fellow in the Grass, her amazing poem about a snake encounter from the Milosz anthology of Luminous Things and the Nature section. Hear the cat purr.

A poem from the Nature section of the Milosz anthology where he celebrates luminous things. Here I stutter (over-coffeed?) a bit through a discussion of Kinnell's beautiful extended metaphor about starfish and stars. Sip sip sip.

In which I begin the reading of a selection of 9 short poems from the 1996 Milosz anthology, The Book of Luminous Things. He was a great poet. He has fairly magnificent taste. This first section is called Epiphany and hey who can't resist another Jeffers poem about Inhumanism and beauty. Happy June.

From her 2002 collection Science Fiction Saint comes Nancy Jo Cullen and her 2 page piece Girl Dreams on binaries and the patriarchy and some guy called Dennis. Requested by the amazing Leslie Greentree! I ramble on but end up saying a few worthwhile tidbits here and there. It's the last day of May :)