The Shadow of Chez

I’ve been doing a challenge for the month of May, called ‘A poem a day in May’. Each day I read one poem, for the whole month. It’s just a way to vary my reading content and keep things interesting. So far I’ve read Dickinson, Poe, Whitman, and some lesser known poets.

I haven’t been blogging about this challenge only because I’ve been doing it for pleasure, not as a motivator to write. That said, I wanted to write about these poems because one of the talented writers from The Writers Studio at SFU, Carol Tulpar, gave me a copy of her new chapbook called ‘The Earth Abides’, a collection of her poems that spans twenty years of writing.

I must say I’m very impressed with the selections of poetry. Her writing is both delicate and penetrating, and I found myself captivated by her use of images and self reflection. I reccomend everyone check it out. A link to her blog is below. The title poem is the next post. Have a read.

http://essay-eh.blogspot.com/2011/05/at-last-i-did-it.html