"Zamboni has come! Rejoice!
That which is old shall be made new –
and right before your eyes, to boot –
in scalding water, a spinning brush
and a Celtic love knot’s route
around the rink at a pace that says, There is no rush."

#TodaysPoem #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth @poetry
Zamboni by Richard Harrison from 25: Hockey Poems, New & Revised (2019 Wolsak & Wynn) https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/25-hockey-poems-new-and-revised & https://open-book.ca/News/Read-an-Excerpt-from-Richard-Harrison-s-25-Hockey-Poems-New-and-Revised

25: Hockey Poems, New & Revised

"The rain will be a stranger
and will speak to itself through you and me."

#SundaySentence (and bonus #TodaysPoem) A Stranger by Russell Thornton from Two Songs - Selected Poems 2000-2025 (2026 @Harbour_Publish) https://the-wood-lot.ca/2026/02/09/under-the-spell-of-the-rain-russell-thorntons-two-songs-selected-poems-2000-2025/

Under The Spell of The Rain: Russell Thornton’s Two Songs Selected Poems 2000-2025

by Chris Banks The American poet Galway Kinnell said, “To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on this…

The Woodlot

"We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."

#TodaysPoem #poetry #NationalPoetry @poetry
from The Tempest by William Shakespeare (1623) https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=tempest&Act=4&Scene=1&Scope=scene

Tempest, Act IV, Scene 1 :|: Open Source Shakespeare                

Array

scourging of soil metabolism – Richard J Tilley

Cut the parachute off the moon – Richard J Tilley

Valorization of the hero gambit – Richard J Tilley

capitalist valuation like dined couplets – Richard J Tilley

old gravel for new proverbs and untied boxes in Scottsdale – Richard J Tilley

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pardoning Algol – Richard J Tilley

The cries of bitterns – Richard J Tilley