Thursday, May 22, 2025

Poets and Poems: L.L. Barkat and “Beyond the Glass”


She may be identified with poetry, but the very first work by L.L. Barkat that I read was Stone Crossings: Finding Grace in Hard and Hidden Places (2008). I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when I read it. In July 2009, I’d crashed during a weekend biking trip with a group. I felt banged up but thought I was okay.  

Until three days later, when I discovered (at work) that I was having trouble breathing. My wife whisked me off to the hospital emergency room. Anticipating a long wait until they checked me out and sent me home, I grabbed Stone Crossings to keep me occupied. I ended up staying overnight; I had four broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung. 


To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.


Some Thursday Readings

 

A Review of The Great Game by Amit Majmuder – Maryann Corbett at New Verse Review.

 

It Wasn’t Her Gall Bladder – poem by Jared Wilson at Frivolous Quill.

 

“Bread and Wine,” poem by Countee Cullen – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.

 

Anything is Possible – Kelly Belmonte at Kelly’s Scribbles.

 

“A New Arrival,” poem by George Washington Cable – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.

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