tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:06:59 +0000poempoetryclaire hasselbeck2013claire hasselbeck poetry poemclaire hasselbeck poetryClaire Hasselbeck poetaprilclairehasselbeck2015Springclaire hasselbeck poetry book poem desk methodshakespeare2012Claire Hasselbeck poet ktylerconkNatasha Tretheweybeat poem poetry shakespeare rhyme claire hasselbeck chaucer communicate iambic pentameterclaire hasselbeck poetry poem desk methodclaire hasselbeck poetry book poem familydaffodils spring book poem poetry turquoise tablejunelandesmanlibrary congress poet laureate read poems october 2010library of congressmaymemoriesopinionpoetpoet laureatepoet laureate kay ryan washington dc robert frost poetry poemwinter"Allen Ginsberg""Harper's Bazaar""Mark Edmundson""ruth stone"20142015 january20169/11 memorialChristmasClaire Hasselbeck poet ktylerconk war poetry tennyson homer james anderson winn phillip Appleman may 2014 springsteenClaire Hasselbeck poet ktylerconk weatherClaire Hasselbeck poet January 2014 ktylerconk ScroogeClaire Hasselbeck poet war poetry karl shapiro evalyn katz johns hopkins poet laureate august 2014Claire Hasselbeck poet Christmas December 2013 ktylerconk ScroogeDecember 2015Eavan BolandElizabeth BishopGarrison KeillorGwydion SuilebhanHafezHafizHank StueverIan McEwanIrishJulyMarchMei XiangNPRNatasha ThrethewayOctoberPBSPius NjawePoetry In The NewsRICHard BlancoShelleyTrethewayTretheweyYeatsangelauthenticitybad poembeautybirthdaybrendan behancapitolcatholicchapbookschapin carptenterchildhoodclaire hasselbeck poetry book poemclaire hasselbeck poetry book poem food 2013 potato saladcohencold weather thaw feelings art friend feelcolorcolor turquoisecomebackcomfortcommunicationcongressmhardshipculturalcurbdavid orrdcdepressiondetritusdivestituredylanearthecstasyedward hirschelegyelizabeth krayellaemoryemotionfebruary 2014fertilefeverfitzgeraldfolgerfrangeorge bernard shawgovernmentgrammarhaikuhasselbeck march noah webster earth fertile humanity celebrate poem poetryhealinghearthollenhopehousehowlhurricaneinsomniajanuaryjazzjournalsjoykathleen tyler conklinkilmerkiplinglate bloomerlibrarylimerick poem nephew fifty ireland poetry hasselbecklistenlondonlyricsmanhattanmary oliver poetry crtic david orrmemorizemexicomonks poetry therapeutic hasselbeck filmmoonmusiciannatashanaturenew york manhattan love february hasselbeck poem poetry holiday buffalonew york manhattan love february hasselbeck poem poetry phyllis mcginleynicholas kristof president obama poetrynight christmas dark darkness claire hasselbeck poetnon-profitnostalgianotalgianovembernunobituaryobject lessonsoliver goldsmithorwelloscar wildeoxymoronpageantpandapanda campaperpaul simonpeacephotosplantpoem poetry claire hasselbeckpoem poetry hasselbeckpoem poetry hasselbeck oliver mary geese somber thanksgiving autumn november 2011poetry monthpoetry ordinary poets poems milton shakespeare bradstreet longfellow milton yeats keats chaucer dickinsonpoetry string poem market cordel brazil hasselbeckpowerpowerfulpulitzerquietrafael campo emily dickinsonreadreferencereflectionreunionroger rosenblattroserumisamuel beckettsandyschoolsciencescroogeseamus heaneysean ocaseyseptember 2014shutdownsilencesimonsleeplesssnowsnow mary oliver poemsnow poem james russell lowell wintersoldiersongsounds of silencespeech civil forked tongue words power uncivilspiritspring poem poetry zen milton ruth stone mary oliver gerard manley edward lear phyllis mcginley jane hirshfield david whyte hasselbeckstagestanley kunitzstorm.humorsummer daze poem sweat inspiration perspirationsurgery floatsusan jonesteenagertreetributets eliotuniversalvinciguerrawashingtonwb yeatswilson bentleywordsyin yang april“Morning Edition” broadcastPoetry blog by poet Claire M Hasselbeckhttp://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)Blogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-1340406884110226672Sat, 04 Feb 2017 20:05:00 +00002017-02-04T12:05:58.221-08:00Claire Hasselbeck poet ktylerconkphotospoempoetrysnowwilson bentleywinter Photo by Kathleen Tyler Conklin Snow is beautiful, exciting, mysterious and sometimes treacherous. So is curiosity. One man, Wilson Bentley (1865-1931) saw the beauty of snow, was fascinated by it and became curious about it.&nbsp; As a young man, he was drawn to the natural world around him on his farm in Vermont.&nbsp; He loved studying butterflies, leaves, raindrops, spider webs andhttp://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-poetry-of-snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-8699836471287076346Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:25:00 +00002016-08-15T18:27:27.022-07:00chapin carptenterClaire Hasselbeck poetcohendylanhollenjazzlandesmanlyricsmusiciansimonsong DC Christmas Market In past blogs, I have mentioned some well-known musicians like Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen,and Bob Dylan whose lyrics are strongly poetic. &nbsp; In a recent blog, I did fleetingly refer to a woman, Frand Landesman, who was a lyricist and a poet.&nbsp; She began her career by putting words to jazz music in the fifties and sixties. She has been labeled “the godmotherhttp://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-lyricist-as-poet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-483030619654148528Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:55:00 +00002016-04-24T11:37:39.757-07:002016aprildcellafeverfitzgeraldfranhasselbecklandesmanpoempoetryshakespearespiritSpringts eliotwashington Photo by Kathleen Tyler Conklin Spring in the environs of Washington D.C. ranks high on the list of the world’s most beautiful. It seems especially so this spring, in part perhaps in contrast to the ugliness of the political antics happening, being reported on and endlessly discussed here.&nbsp; The contrast is poignant, but not only caused by political chaos.&nbsp; Exquisite beautyhttp://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2016/04/spring-can-really-hang-you-up-most.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-543499797630529802Tue, 16 Feb 2016 02:09:00 +00002016-02-15T18:09:02.376-08:00chapbooksclaireelizabeth krayhousejournalslibrarymanhattannon-profitpoem poetry hasselbeckreferencestanley kunitz New York City - Central Park by Kathleen Tyler Conklin If someone told me to imagine 65,000 volumes of poetry books in a library, I would probably picture the yellowed, cracking pages of dusty tomes on shelves. But not so at Poet’s House, which sits at the tip of Manhattan overlooking the Hudson River.&nbsp; It is a light filled building, buzzing with activity,&nbsp; As well as housing http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-poets-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-5644379135905412801Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:11:00 +00002015-12-19T07:11:40.239-08:00angelcatholicchildhoodChristmasClaire Hasselbeck poetDecember 2015grammarmemoriesnostalgianunpageantpoemschoolscroogestage Some poetry sticks in our minds. Hopefully, it is good poetry, which is the most memorable.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have never forgotten rhyming couplets from my long ago childhood. They would not make the good poetry list, but they come unsummoned&nbsp; to haunt me around this time of year, when we are susceptible to memories of Christmases past…happy memories, painful ones and some a little http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-ghost-of-christmas-past.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-1045971868065252484Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:57:00 +00002015-11-02T17:40:56.531-08:002015beautyClaire Hasselbeck poethaikumexiconaturenovemberpoetry Lower Kimball Lake, NH by Kathleen Tyler Conklin When we look for poems about nature, we usually expect to find lyrical poetry about the beauty of nature…poems about stunning landscapes or the change of seasons. We desire to bask in words describing nature’s gifts, words that help us to picture the exquisiteness of a field of flowers or of a singular beauteous bloom. The poets came http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2015/11/poetry-of-nature.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-7836789295606958067Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:23:00 +00002015-06-26T14:23:53.339-07:00At the Turquoise Table: Poetry In The Newshttp://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2015/06/at-turquoise-table-poetry-in-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-8457570369403713532Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:29:00 +00002015-06-26T06:30:22.560-07:002015Claire Hasselbeck poetjunepoet laureatePoetry In The News Jeffery Brown is a Journalist and PBS Chief Correspondent for Arts, Culture and Society. He co-anchors the nightly news program on PBS and also hosts “Art Beat”, the News Hour’s online arts and culture segment. As a reporter, Brown speaks of the necessity of sticking to the facts and of not being able to express the emotions that sometimes arise with the telling of a particular news story.&http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2015/06/poetry-in-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)2Arlington, VA, USA38.8799697 -77.106769838.7810832 -77.2681313 38.978856199999996 -76.9454083tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-4088351262775818370Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:27:00 +00002015-04-12T07:27:32.092-07:002015aprilclaire hasselbeckcomfortcommunicationdepressionemotionhealingpoempoetrypowerpowerfulsoldierteenager I recently read two articles in the newspaper that touched and amazed me and started me wondering what it is about poetry that makes it powerful. The first story concerned a soldier, who upon killing his enemy decided to go through the dead man’s pockets. I’m not sure what motivated him to do this or what he hoped to find, but what he found shocked and puzzled him.&nbsp; There on a folded http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2015/04/what-is-it-about-poetry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-3173968591430326888Fri, 09 Jan 2015 21:44:00 +00002015-01-09T13:44:09.503-08:002015 januaryClaire Hasselbeck poetpoetryrafael campo emily dickinsonscience Strange Bedfellows.&nbsp; Not Necessarily. A friend and I attended a poetry reading at the Folger Library in D.C. in December.&nbsp; Rafael Campo, a poet and a medical doctor read the poetry of Emily Dickinson, as well as some of his own. Wait a minute…a medical doctor writing poetry…that had to be interesting.&nbsp; It was!&nbsp; Rafael Campo is a practicing physician at Harvard Medicalhttp://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2015/01/science-and-poetry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-6027350959997970499Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:44:00 +00002014-11-26T14:59:20.653-08:00hasselbeckheartmemorizepoetry I wish I had a photographic mind. &nbsp;Then I could pull up hundreds of poems from memory and recite them word for word by heart. &nbsp;Alas, that is not the case. &nbsp;I have a few poetic lines tucked in the brain folds which rise to my lips to be recited for comfort,&nbsp;fun or for the “see I’m a cultured know-it-all “&nbsp;gamesmanship face-off. &nbsp; I envision the substantial http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2014/11/poetry-by-heart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-6843471896628497676Sat, 04 Oct 2014 01:04:00 +00002014-10-03T18:12:55.215-07:00Claire Hasselbeck poet ktylerconkedward hirschpoempoetryseptember 2014&nbsp; I am reading Edward Hirsch’s “How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry”.&nbsp; It is his own Ode to poetry…a Hymn of praise…264 pages long.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is a love letter to the poems that touch his heart, bring meaning to his life arouse his feelings and that enrich and comfort him.&nbsp; &nbsp; In 2011, Hirsch experienced the sudden loss of his son, Gabriel and found no http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-limits-of-poetry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-1531919573493483416Sat, 16 Aug 2014 01:58:00 +00002014-08-15T18:58:16.556-07:00Claire Hasselbeck poet war poetry karl shapiro evalyn katz johns hopkins poet laureate august 2014 My last blog was on the poetry of war.&nbsp; I didn’t want to leave this topic without drawing your attention to the poems of Karl Shapiro.&nbsp; Karl Shapiro won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1944 for his “V-letters and Other Poems”.&nbsp; He sent his work from New Guinea, where he was serving in World War!! as a medic, to his fiancé, Evalyn Katz, who was living in New York City at http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-woman-behind-poet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-1633073540901919505Sun, 01 Jun 2014 18:36:00 +00002014-06-01T18:21:58.386-07:00Claire Hasselbeck poet ktylerconk war poetry tennyson homer james anderson winn phillip Appleman may 2014 springsteen Photo by Kathleen Tyler Conklin How can something as horrific as war be expressed in poetic language?&nbsp; It seems like an impossible challenge and yet war is a profound, deeply awful and unfortunately constant human experience.&nbsp; War Poetry…"Theirs not to reason why…theirs but to do and die…into the valley of death rode the six hundred."&nbsp; These lines from "The Charge of the Light http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-poetry-of-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-989033873749642745Sat, 26 Apr 2014 02:47:00 +00002014-04-25T19:47:00.887-07:00Claire Hasselbeck poet ktylerconk weathercolorSpringyin yang april &nbsp;&nbsp; April had its mood swings, its ups and downs. It delighted in daily changes of temperature and temperament. It began with April Fools Day and continued to trick us.&nbsp; Were those snowflakes or drifting petals?&nbsp; What to wear today?…a warm jacket or closet dive for summer wear. The cherry blossom made a late arrival and then burst around us with an abundance of bountiful http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-yin-and-yang-of-april.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-2560537172314662305Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:37:00 +00002014-04-01T18:37:57.924-07:002014brendan behanclaireclaire hasselbeckEavan Bolandgeorge bernard shawIrishMarchobject lessonsoliver goldsmithoscar wildepoetsamuel beckettseamus heaneysean ocaseywb yeats  Eavan Boland The soul of the Irish poet is given to deep thought and lyrical language.&nbsp; These thoughts have been expressed by many poets whom we know so well and love so much…to name just a few… Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, the great W.B. Yeats, Sean O' Casey, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan and Seamus Heaney.&nbsp; However, we seldom canhttp://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2014/04/women-irish-poets_1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-6817742143736889178Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:43:00 +00002014-02-25T16:43:14.435-08:00claire hasselbeckclaire hasselbeck poetry poemfebruary 2014HafezHafizhoperumiSpring Photograph by Kathleen Tyler Conklin The third week of February teased us with warmth.&nbsp; The cold temperatures have returned, but they don't feel quite as bleak.&nbsp; The springlike days gave us hope that living will become easier soon.&nbsp; No more heavy coats, icy sidewalks and roads to maneuver or freezing fingertips and toes. Light has nudged aside the early dark afternoons. We http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2014/02/poetry-of-hope_25.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-498218650886063535Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:08:00 +00002014-01-24T17:08:23.850-08:00claire hasselbeckClaire Hasselbeck poet January 2014 ktylerconk Scroogecold weather thaw feelings art friend feel The snow that came this January is going to stick around for awhile.&nbsp; Usually, our January storms melt quickly in warming temperatures and bright sunlight.&nbsp; But this year, the cold will mold it into grayish­ brown lumps that displease the eye and that continue to lurk in odd &nbsp;places to trip us, when least expecting it.&nbsp; It is very, very cold.&nbsp; Extremely cold for http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-thaw_6414.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-8534638554028341750Sun, 22 Dec 2013 02:32:00 +00002013-12-21T18:32:39.990-08:00Claire Hasselbeck poet Christmas December 2013 ktylerconk Scrooge'Tis the season to be jolly. &nbsp;The only reason for the existence of this line is that jolly rhymes with holly (forget folly). &nbsp;Christmas is the season when feelings other than jolly can present themselves. &nbsp;In the midst of all the business, the ghosts of&nbsp;Christmases past often appear in our consciousness. &nbsp;Charles Dickens has written a masterful tale about Christmas and http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2013/12/bah-humbug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-2297138326583221807Mon, 25 Nov 2013 02:32:00 +00002013-11-24T19:00:26.591-08:00claire hasselbeck poetry book poem food 2013 potato salad<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> Photograph by Kathleen Tyler Conklin Food is essential for life.&nbsp; Some say poetry is too.&nbsp; Eating can be as simple, forthright and http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2013/11/poetry-and-food_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-274093832319913234Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:54:00 +00002013-10-07T08:54:50.173-07:002013capitolclaire hasselbeck poetry book poemcongressmhardshipgovernmentMei XiangOctoberoxymoronpandapanda camshutdown<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2013/10/poetry-and-politics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-5559985740205870481Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:44:00 +00002013-08-23T10:52:01.715-07:002013bad poembirthdayclaire hasselbeckclaire hasselbeck poetry poem desk methodkathleen tyler conklinkilmerkiplingorwellpoemtreevinciguerra<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-good-bad-poen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0Arlington, VA, USA38.8799697 -77.106769838.7810832 -77.2681313 38.978856199999996 -76.9454083tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-3498361036211474220Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:43:00 +00002013-07-30T15:44:36.334-07:00"Allen Ginsberg""Harper's Bazaar""Mark Edmundson"2013claire hasselbeck poetry poemhowlJulyNatasha TretheweypoetShelleyTretheweyuniversalYeats Allen Ginsberg Another blow against contemporary poetry surfaced in Mark Edmundson's essay "Poetry Slam" in the July issue of Harper's Bazaar.&nbsp; He complains that today's poets&nbsp; are not ambitious enough.&nbsp; Ambitious in the sense that they lack a big vision and are concerned only with small themes. They are writing in the sound of their own voices---their own uniqueness, rather http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2013/07/poetry-doesnt-howl-anymore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-1734611787010390693Sun, 23 Jun 2013 02:16:00 +00002013-06-23T09:31:58.213-07:002013claire hasselbeck poetryjoyjunemoonpoem &nbsp; Moon over Lower Kimball Lake by Kathleen Tyler Conklin &nbsp; The moon fascinates.&nbsp; The moon is mysterious.&nbsp; The moon is rising and as it ascends the horizon tonight, it will look gigantic.&nbsp; This is an illusion caused by the random coming together when the moon is at its fullest and closest to the earth. It occurs about once in every fourteen full moons acceding to http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2013/06/poetry-and-moon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6133726228856532812.post-309097555148821693Sat, 25 May 2013 16:03:00 +00002013-05-25T09:03:01.335-07:002013claire hasselbeck poetryculturallibrary of congressmayNatasha Tretheweypoet laureate Photo by Kathleen Tyler Conklin &nbsp; I attended Natasha Trethewey's closing lecture May 1st at the Library of Congress. Rather than quote directly, I will paraphrase her last words as poet laureate and write some thoughts that she left for me to absorb and to share with you. &nbsp; Natasha focused her remarks around the theme of poetry as a cultural force.&nbsp; Poetry gives us http://clairemac-attheturquoisetable.blogspot.com/2013/05/poetry-as-cultural-force.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Claire Hasselbeck)0