Category Archives: Anthony Hecht
Christmas, Or: I Received A Paper Cutter LA LA LA
On Christmas Eve, we turned on “A Christmas Story” in the kitchen, as pecans were being chopped and sugar was being sprinkled and dumplings were being rolled and dreams were being baked and et cetera. It had reached the point … Continue reading
T-giving
A List of Things For Which I Am Thankful, In Honor of Thanksgiving 1. I am thankful for the picture text messages my little sister sends me, wearing hilarously be-ruffled items as a part of her responsibilities as a Singing … Continue reading
Filed under Anthony Hecht, Brothers and Sisters, Mary Oliver, My Parents, Poetry
Charles Dickens: Light of My Life
I finally finished “Bleak House”, by Charles Dickens, this weekend. This book flattened me. It flattened me out like a pancake. I was a pancake and “Bleak House” was a heart-wrenching, delightfully satirical asphalt paver. That Dickens! He can spin … Continue reading
Filed under Anthony Hecht, Poetry, Robert Frost
