Reading poetry can produce a variety of moods. To cite only a few: Some collection prompt thoughtfulness. Others can make you thoughtful. Still others prompt you to go quiet. And I can read some of the poems by a poet like Billy Collins and smile, often laughing out loud.
As I read Rue Obscure, the first full collection by poet Betsy Mars, one word kept popping into mind. And the word was pensive. Take that is the word’s broadest possible sense – deeply thoughtful and often hinted at sadness or wistfulness.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Thursday Readings
Looking Around – poem by Robert Cording at Rabbit Room Poetry.
Sextus Propertius and the Latin Love Elegy – Aaron Poochigian and A.M. Juster at Rabbit Room Poetry.
After-Effects of Fire – poem by Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.
“The Old Familiar Faces,” poem by Charles Lamb – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.
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