Category: Irish poetry
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(Originally posted Feb. 14, 2018) Whether with dread or welcome, we find ourselves at Valentine’s Day yet again. It’s a challenging day to teach creative writing to undergraduates. In teaching my students to notice what works best in their own poems, they’ve started already (three weeks in) to recognize the lasting appeal of love poems…
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We’re all adding brushstrokes to a much larger mural than any one of us can hold
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The arts validate those who question and help close the chasms between us.
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“So real it sears my hands, this / drawing, Celtic oak of two minds . . . .”
The Real McCoy 