Here's a classic for all the moms and their children. The Lanyard is one of my favorites from Billy Collins.



When I read the poem it makes me weepy and when I listen to Collins' reading I find much more joy in it. Guess that I naturally suppress the whimsical tone, but that's the nature of art; it exposes you.

Recently I was talking with someone and the genocide in Darfur came up, to which she replied, "Oh is that still going on? I haven't heard anything for a while."

So it seems fitting that if I ever post anything that it should be this. The US Holocaust Memorial Musem has teamed with Google, among others, to bring us closer to the crisis in Darfur ( Read more... )