Tag: poetry

“I like a look of Agony,  Because I know it’s true— Men do not sham Convulsion Nor simulate, a Throe— The Eyes glaze once—and that is Death— Impossible to feign The Beads upon the Forehead By homely Anguish Strung.“          —Emily Dickinson To say I was looking forward to reading Edward Hirsch’s new […]

Damn, June has just sped on by.  It’s been a deluge of activities from most sectors of my life: as a father (the endless end-of-the-school-year events); as a brother (my sister’s wedding, which was so beautiful and magical we felt we were in a Nora Ephron rom-com); as an actor (hosted a party for the […]