Cheryl Wheeler: Arrow

Guitar (David) & Bass———————Tides flowing in and outCapo 5th Fret Intro: Am…C..D…Gmaj7 (8 Measures) Verse===========……………Am…C..DI wish I could Fall in love, pp || ……….Gmaj7………………….C……….C/BThough it only leads to trouble oh i know it doesp ……….Am…………..Am/G………..DStill i’d fool myself and gladly, just to i wasmp …Em….D..GIn love, in love Verse===========I wish I could feel my heartbeat … [Read more…]

Jonatha Brooke: In the Gloaming

In the gloaming, oh my darling When the lights are soft and low And the quiet shadows, falling, Softly come and softly go When the trees are sobbing faintly With a gentle unknown woe Will you think of me and love me, As you did once, long ago In the gloaming, oh my darling Think … [Read more…]

vienna teng: harbor

we’re here where the daylight begins the fog on the streetlight slowly thins water on water’s the way the safety of shoreline fading away sail your sea meet your storm all I want is to be your harbor the light in me will guide you home all I want is to be your harbor fear … [Read more…]

Imagination vs. Inspiration

What we must do is search out poetry energetically and virtuously so that it will surrender to us. But we need to have forgotten poetry completely before it can fall naked into our arms. What poetry cannot bear is indifference. Indifference is the devil’s armchair. But it is indifference we hear babbling in the streets, … [Read more…]

Kidwriting Quotes

“I don’t want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.” —Astrid Lindgren * * * “There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” —Ursula K. LeGuin * … [Read more…]