The Drift Record

James Tate in 1968 The wonderful poet James Tate, who taught for so many years at U Mass/Amherst, died on July 8th - this is my ...

Sara Teasdale 1884-1933 This post goes out to my sweet friend of many years, Laura Kvasnosky, who recently gave me a slim volume of ...

Our new Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera has just been named the new Poet Laureate of the United States, and I bet more than a few pe...

I watched a Western Gray Squirrel jump along the fence at my mother's house today - fat little guy, but nimble. It's hard not to ...