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One Page Poetry Circle Archive
Welcome to the One Page Poetry Circle!
Date: September 17, 2024
Theme: Poetry and Jewels
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Place: St. Agnes Branch Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave, 3rd fl. Or by email (see addresses below)
Find a poem! Show up! Or, send a poem by email!
We're back for the seventeenth fall season of the One Page Poetry Circle where people examine the works of established poets. While there is no instructor and this is not a workshop for personal writing, once a month OPPC gives everyone a place to become teachers and learners to explore the form, content, language and meaning of poetry. Since the circle began, participants have selected and discussed 1612 poems and have read countless others in pursuit of poetry that speaks to them.
GOOD NEWS:
The One Page Poetry Circle has returned to the St. Agnes Library.
In addition, for those who are unable to attend, you will still be able to participate by email.
If you can make the September 17th meeting, we ask that you bring a poem with you on the theme of Poetry and Jewels, with copies for others if you can.
If you're unable to attend, send us the poem you've selected with a comment on why you chose it. We'll share the poems with you in person, by email, and through our blog.
Abigail enjoys the dramatic action and rhythm of "The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God" by J. Milton Hayes, which begins:
- There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu,
- There's a little marble cross below the town;
- There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew,
- And the Yellow God forever gazes down.
Mad Carew steals the sapphire eye of the God and nothing good comes from his sacrilege.
AnnaLee loves the simplicity of Frank Dempster Sherman's "Pebbles" as he brings to light the beauty of wet stones:
- Out of a pellucid brook
- Pebbles round and smooth I took :
- Like a jewel, every one
- Caught a color from the sun, —
- Ruby red and sapphire blue,
- Emerald and onyx too,
- Diamond and amethyst, —
- Not a precious stone I missed
Whether a poem describes a jewel, uses an analogy to a jewel, or is a jewel in itself, choose a poem that has meaning to you. Then email it to one of us by September 17th, with a brief comment on why you chose it. Can't locate a poem you want to send? Check out Poetry Foundation or poets.org.
In the meantime, please blog with us at onepagepoetrycircle.wordpress.com.
Fall Schedule
Tuesday, September 17: Poetry and Jewels
Tuesday, October 15: Poetry and Mathematics
Tuesday, November 19: Poetry and Choices
Tuesday, December 17: Poetry and Lists
Abigail Burnham Bloom, abigailburnhambloom(at)gmail(dot)com
AnnaLee Wilson, annalee(at)kaeserwilson(dot)com
The One Page Poetry Circle is sponsored by the New York Public Library and is open to all. St. Agnes Branch Library is handicap accessible.
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