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Category: Poem of the Week

The Harmless (Not) Hedgehog

What’s similar about coneflowers and hedgehogs? They’re spiny! The coneflower’s scientific name, Echinacea, comes from the Greek word for hedgehog.

Self-Portrait with Jam (Bar)?

Even introverts can’t stay indoors all the time, and now that we’re supposed to stay home, I have a constant urge to shop.

After Picasso’s Reclining Woman and Guitarist–Poem of the Week

When even a minimalist work seems to be alive, full of motion…well, that’s how Reclining Woman and Guitarist, 1959, Pablo Picasso, linocut on paper, strikes me. You can see it in Ohio’s Akron Museum, if it is on display while…

In Case of Coronavirus–Poem of the Week

I was traveling when the coronavirus concerns started to ratchet up, so that meant I got home after all the stores had been raided for products people might need. Hand sanitizer to keep them from coming down with Covid-19, cleaning…