poetry – Page 5

Finding the Dalai Lama in a Supermarket in North Carolina

February 4, 2017

Alan Ginsberg famously encountered Walt Whitman while he was grocery shopping, but today I think I did him one better. For I found the Dalai Lama in my neighborhood grocery store in a town in North Carolina. There was no particular warning that this would be a transformative shopping experience. I had bought what I could at a … More Finding the Dalai Lama in a Supermarket in North Carolina

Mending Wall

January 29, 2017

I teach both middle school and high school group literature classes, and once a month I do a poetry unit with the students. While some of them are into it, others doubt the relevancy of poetry to their lives. I tell them that many times, particularly during events of high emotion or great significance, poets can … More Mending Wall