Nora CurryNov 20, 20214 min readPoetry for the Thanksgiving TableHappy Thanksgiving! This holiday may mean different things and ways of celebrating (or not) to everyone, especially as we still find...
Nora CurryNov 13, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: VisitIt's been a bit since Book Talk by the Sea has featured a Poem of the Week, and today it returns. Poetry complements all seasons, but...
Nora CurryJun 15, 20212 min readPoem of the Week: I Have a ProblemWhen I read the first line of Greg Santos' poem, "I Have a Problem," I'm reminded of the last line in Ada Limón's poem "The Last Thing,"...
Nora CurryJun 8, 20212 min readPoem(s) of the Week: An Andrea Gibson MedleyWe need so much less than we take. We owe so much more than we give. Squirrels plant thousands of trees every year just from forgetting...
Nora CurryMay 25, 20212 min readPoem of the Week: PrayerEarlier this year, I highlighted Katherine May's mesmerizing memoir Wintering, which has quietly placed both the Maine library world and...
Nora CurryMay 18, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: OngoingAsian American poet Jenny Xie was born in China, raised in New Jersey, and now lives in New York City. Her debut book of poetry, Eye...
Nora CurryMay 11, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: Theory of LonelinessThis week's poem comes from Lisa Richter, whose book of poetry Nautilus and Bone won the 2020 Jewish Book Award for Poetry. In addition...
Nora CurryMay 4, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: Eating TogetherAs we continue the celebratory observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I'll be devoting space in the Poem of...
Nora CurryApr 27, 20213 min readMany Poems of the Week: Poem in Your Pocket DayThursday, April 29th is Poem in Your Pocket Day, one of the highlights of National Poetry Month. It's never a bad time to carry around...
Nora CurryApr 20, 20212 min readPoem of the Week: Questions to a GrasshopperApril is a bounteous month, what with National Poetry Month, National Library Week, and now... Earth Day! Janisse Ray is best known for...
Nora CurryApr 13, 20212 min readPoem(s) of the Week: Joyce SutphenOne for poetry itself and one for spring today as we continue to celebrate National Poetry Month at the library. Both of this week's...
Nora CurryApr 6, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: My First Memory (Of Librarians)In honor of this week's overlap between National Poetry Month and National Library Week, here is a poem from Nikki Giovanni that...
Nora CurryApr 3, 20215 min readNational Poetry Month(National Poetry Month poster designed by Brooklyn, NY high school senior Bao Lu) This April marks the 25th annual celebration of...
Nora CurryMar 30, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: You'reSylvia Plath's poetry is often hard to read—if not to interpret, then to stomach. The poet often articulated her suicidal and despondent...
Nora CurryMar 23, 20212 min readPoem of the Week: Worm MoonSomething about the coming of spring has always felt to me incredibly well-suited to poetry, as though it serves as an enchantment,...
Nora CurryMar 16, 20212 min readPoem of the Week: The Lost LandWith St. Patrick's Day on the horizon, it seems a good time to share the beautiful work of Dublin-born poet Eavan Boland. Boland's work...
Nora CurryMar 9, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: Blessing the BoatsThere is something of a feeling of simple smallness when looking at a Lucille Clifton poem like "blessing the boats," with its lower case...
Nora CurryMar 2, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: What My Child Learns of the SeaAs we transition from Black History Month to Women's History Month, the voice of Audre Lorde seems the perfect complement to the moment....
Nora CurryFeb 23, 20211 min readPoem of the Week: An Old StoryToday's Poem of the Week comes from Pulitzer Prize-winning and former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. "An Old Story" is featured in Smith's...
Nora CurryFeb 16, 20213 min readPoem(s) of the Week: Opera Singer, Thank YouThough hope and gratitude are always necessary to carry us through, we've needed them perhaps more than ever in the last year. Poet Ross...
