Keeping in April's theme being "Rainfall" and National Poetry Month, I'd like to share another rain-based poem. This time it's in the romantic tradition and one that is more just a celebration of the imagery of rain without any deeper meaning. Well, that's not fair there is a bit of a deeper theme that
In addition to April's theme on DaddyElk being "Rainfall" it is also National Poetry Month, so to celebrate both of those things I thought I'd share a poem by Robert Frost. A Line-Storm Song tells of a man in a relationship who asks his partner to endure it with him. I've always found Frost's
Okay, so this technically isn't poetry. But it feels like poetry. Does that make sense? Probably not. Now Richard Brautigan's novel In Watermelon Sugar is a strange animal. Brautigan is a poet and he writes the novel as separate passages, each page is a "chapter" and each passage has a lyrical, rhythmic quality that is
April is, as I'm sure you are all aware, National Poetry Month! And to celebrate I thought I would share some poetry with you. But let's be perfectly clear, not my own. I once wrote poetry. Long lilting things full of romance and rhymes and alliteration. They were epic. They were heartfelt. They were god
