My poem’s title alludes to the line from Shakespeare’s Richard III, “<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56973/speech-now-is-the-winter-of-our-discontent" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Now is the winter of our discontent…</a>” and I also think of how John Steinbeck used the line for the title of his <a href="https://amzn.to/3ZYvTLQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">The Winter of Our Discontent</a>. This episode is also available as text at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2023/03/14/the-winter-of-my-content/

My poem’s title alludes to the line from Shakespeare’s Richard III, “Now is the winter of our discontent…” and I also think of how John Steinbeck used the line for the title of his The Winter of Our Discontent. This episode is also available as text at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2023/03/14/the-winter-of-my-content/

My poem’s title alludes to the line from Shakespeare’s Richard III, “<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56973/speech-now-is-the-winter-of-our-discontent" rel="noopener noreferrer">Now is the winter of our discontent…</a>” and I also think of how John Steinbeck used the line for the title of his <a href="https://amzn.to/3ZYvTLQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Winter of Our Discontent</a>. This episode is also available as text at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2023/03/14/the-winter-of-my-content/

The Winter of My Content

Writing the Day is a poetry practice that started in 2014. These short poems are in the ronka form of 5 lines, each containing 7 words. Podcasts of the poems began in 2021, so 2024 is Season 4. Some poems are accompanied by additional commentary by the poet, Kenneth Ronkowitz. There are many more poems archived on the website at writingtheday.wordpress.com Thanks for listening - and reading.

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The Winter of My Content

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