January.
February.
March (month).
April.
May (month).
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Month.
Sabbath.
Monday.
Tuesday.
As I close my eyes for silence on a Wednesday - Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake "Someday I'll Love--"
To experience Wednesday twilight - John Wieners "au rive"
Thursday.
On Friday the eagle flies - Langston Hughes "Consider Me"
God goes out for whiskey Friday night - Robin Coste Lewis "Reason"
Properly transformed into Friday - Pablo Neruda "The Long Day Called Thursday" transl. by Alastair Reid
For Sorrow's fast on Friday - "The Song of the Seven Archangels" transl. by Ernest Rhys
Saturday.
Sunday.
Weeknight:
Empty on a December weeknight - Christian Gullette "Tattoo"
Carnivale:
Masked Carnivale raccoons & fat possum shadows - David St. John "Venetian Farewells"
Christmas:
Curtailed by the ever-growing Christmas trees - Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan "Gosh, It's Too Beautiful to Exist Briefly in a Parallel Planet"
Easter:
An Easter egg cut-out of grass and trees - Sarah Getty "The Wash"
Equinox:
Which blow through equinox - Cass Donish "You, Emblazoned"
The year poised on the equinox - Marilyn Hacker "Nearly a Valediction"
Eve [time of day or night before].
4th of July:
The stars sizzling like 4th of July sparklers - G. O. Clark "Sound Check"
Halloween:
The neighbors were still dancing in their Halloween best - Edgar Kunz "Fixer"
Holiday.
Lent:
Burning in Lent's black-bordered dress - Emily Pauline Johnson "Easter"
Daubed with ashes of myriad Lents - Dorothy Parker "Ballade at Thirty-Five"
Scattered into flight the Vows of Lent - Helen Rowland "The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor"
In one swift Lenten smear of ash - Ann K. Schwader "Slouching Towards Entropy"
New Year.
Solstice.
Thanksgiving:
Warm Thanksgiving fires are burning - Miriam Clark Potter "Thanksgiving Kitchen Song"
Valentine/Valentine's Day:
The oak trees are scattering valentines over the snow - Ted Kooser " In a Light Late-Winter Wind"
Calendar.
Date.
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February.
March (month).
April.
May (month).
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Month.
Sabbath.
Monday.
Tuesday.
As I close my eyes for silence on a Wednesday - Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake "Someday I'll Love--"
To experience Wednesday twilight - John Wieners "au rive"
Thursday.
On Friday the eagle flies - Langston Hughes "Consider Me"
God goes out for whiskey Friday night - Robin Coste Lewis "Reason"
Properly transformed into Friday - Pablo Neruda "The Long Day Called Thursday" transl. by Alastair Reid
For Sorrow's fast on Friday - "The Song of the Seven Archangels" transl. by Ernest Rhys
Saturday.
Sunday.
Weeknight:
Empty on a December weeknight - Christian Gullette "Tattoo"
Carnivale:
Masked Carnivale raccoons & fat possum shadows - David St. John "Venetian Farewells"
Christmas:
Curtailed by the ever-growing Christmas trees - Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan "Gosh, It's Too Beautiful to Exist Briefly in a Parallel Planet"
Easter:
An Easter egg cut-out of grass and trees - Sarah Getty "The Wash"
Equinox:
Which blow through equinox - Cass Donish "You, Emblazoned"
The year poised on the equinox - Marilyn Hacker "Nearly a Valediction"
Eve [time of day or night before].
4th of July:
The stars sizzling like 4th of July sparklers - G. O. Clark "Sound Check"
Halloween:
The neighbors were still dancing in their Halloween best - Edgar Kunz "Fixer"
Holiday.
Lent:
Burning in Lent's black-bordered dress - Emily Pauline Johnson "Easter"
Daubed with ashes of myriad Lents - Dorothy Parker "Ballade at Thirty-Five"
Scattered into flight the Vows of Lent - Helen Rowland "The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor"
In one swift Lenten smear of ash - Ann K. Schwader "Slouching Towards Entropy"
New Year.
Solstice.
Thanksgiving:
Warm Thanksgiving fires are burning - Miriam Clark Potter "Thanksgiving Kitchen Song"
Valentine/Valentine's Day:
The oak trees are scattering valentines over the snow - Ted Kooser " In a Light Late-Winter Wind"
Calendar.
Date.
Navigation Links:
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.