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I often dream about the ocean

There's just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at your feet having squandered a fortune far away.

Everyone loves a story. Let's begin with a house. We can fill it with careful rooms and fill the rooms with things-tables, chairs, cupboards, drawers closed to hide tiny beds where children once slept or big drawers that yawn open to reveal....

"It's true. Richard Jackson's underground river beneath the Nile is six times bigger. Many small rivers joined it (him) and empowered his voice. Yes, he does this to his peers. You, tender, wise, wounded, generous and responsible child, your melody is unmistakably only yours. Have you eaten us? Do we flow too?" -- Tomaz Šalamun

The Meacham Writers' Workshop is supported primarily by an endowment funded by the late Jean Meacham in honor of her husband, Ellis K. Meacham. Occurring each fall and spring, the workshop is free and open to the public; there is no registration. The program consists of readings, discussion sessions, and group conferences. The philosophy of the workshop is to provide support but also honest and direct criticism for developing writers.

Turn a poem in your hand and the poem flows in a gentle reading animation. The effect is magical, mesmeric, and revealing. You see the poem differently as it quietly reads itself to you. You get 20 great poems to keep and share, and additional poems cost less than a penny a poem.