by Tracy Rittmueller | Feb 16, 2020 | Sunday Morning Lyricality
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. This poem questions what is required for happiness. Charles Wm. Preble came to poetry late in life. First, he served until his retirement as an Episcopal priest. Then he took...
by Tracy Rittmueller | Feb 9, 2020 | Sunday Morning Lyricality
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. In poetry we find a curious affiliation between words and the empty-white space (silence) surrounding words. Both words and silence have power to touch our hearts,...
by Tracy Rittmueller | Feb 2, 2020 | Sunday Morning Lyricality
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. This poem appears to be confronting us with the uncomfortable reality that our puny brains are far from perfect and easily tricked. We humans are vulnerable, gullible,...
by Tracy Rittmueller | Jan 26, 2020 | Sunday Morning Lyricality
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. There is a lot of silence around poetry. It usually takes up less space on the page than other forms of writing do. The space around a poets words can be like breathing...
by Tracy Rittmueller | Jan 12, 2020 | Sunday Morning Lyricality
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. Where do poems come from? Katherine Wallin (pronounced wall-EEN) suggests that poets often begin with paradox, confusion, or questions. While poems don’t provide...
by Tracy Rittmueller | Jan 5, 2020 | Sunday Morning Lyricality
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. Why do artists make art? This poem hints that artistic activity may stem from a desire to understand what is beyond our knowing. Maybe art (drawing, painting, sculpture,...
