Sherry Chandler

The joys of linguini

Diane Lockward’s poem “Linguini” is featured on The Writer’s Almanac today.

“Linguini” is from Diane’s book What Feeds Us, available for Wind Publications.

Diane, always a very generous poet, has recently updated her list of Journals that Accept E-Mail/Online Submissions, complete with links.

Thank you, Diane.

Washington’s birthday

Lest we forget (well lest I forget anyway) – this from the Mark Cook poem, “To Capitalize the Ungodly,” over at The Writers Almanac:

Remember that painting, that Gilbert Stuart painting of Washington?
Sure you remember that thing, everybody does, the really famous one–
Seriously, I used to like that picture a lot, But then I realized that everything Stuart ever did looked like Washington.
I saw this self-portrait Stuart made of himself– It looked exactly like Washington.

If you prefer

a love who’s like a red, red rose…