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Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 1 month ago
As a child, one of the most thrilling things to me was the story my father told about how he, at the age of ten, first encountered Indians on a dusty road near the Flandreau Santee Indian Reservation in South […]
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Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 1 month ago
2nd place winner of the Streetlight 2017 Poetry Contest
My Grandmother Kills a Chicken
The hen house her grocery,
she strode the aisles of cluck,
straw, and feathers for eggs
reaching under each bird […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 1 month ago
1st place winner of the Streetlight 2017 Poetry Contest
Thoor Ballylee
Home of W.B. Yeats
Massive stone, empty air, the river’s
cool breath, a space the poet enters.
Image stacked upon image reveals
his w […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 1 month ago
3rd place winner of the Streetlight 2017 Poetry Contest
Witness
It seemed an unlikely spot for a prophet, the annual library book sale
in a dim warehouse on a summer day, but there she was,
rocking side […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 3 months ago
The Blue Shirt
As the doors close on 2016 we may find ourselves casting a backward glance, not only on the past year but back over our entire life as well, especially if we’ve reached a certain age. For many of u […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 3 months ago
Mount Fuji
My friend always wanted to see the mountain
with its eternal snow, but she never
crossed the ocean to Japan. Instead,
she bought a small reproduction
of Hokusai’s “Boy Viewing Mount Fuji […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 3 months ago
Dazzling Dinoflagellates
We gather when the moon is hidden
in earth shadow, stand in a group to hear facts,
take advice, don life jackets that cover our lungs,
our hearts. We drive toward a cove at […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 4 months ago
Art History
“A book ‘manuscript’ should be understood as a form of sacred space: a temple in microcosm, not only imbued with divine presence but also layered with the memories of many generations of us […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 5 months ago
Water
Not all water is silk,
not a curtain closed
against a mountain.
Not every rivulet runs
to a river. Not every
rainstorm beats fists
against the pavement
or hammers umbrellas.
It doesn’t even ta […] -
Sharron Singleton changed their profile picture 7 years, 5 months ago
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Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 6 months ago
I often use this poem, The Summer Day by Mary Oliver, in my poetry workshops to demonstrate the importance of paying attention in the writing of poems:
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 7 months ago
Wedding in Richmond
they’re roasting a pig at Tuckahoe Plantation
crowds gather on the grounds
where little Thomas Jefferson once lived
sweet jasmine tangles in the garden
banjos play on the […] -
Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 7 months ago
Snow Falls Off Bare Branch
At a reading, the poet responds to the art
of the Japanese woodblock. But I only see
the man’s head blocking my view,white hair combed counterclockwise, hiding
terrain wh […] -
Emily Littlewood and Sharron Singleton are now friends 7 years, 8 months ago
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Sharron Singleton wrote a new post 7 years, 8 months ago
As the new poetry editor of Streetlight, I find myself caught between the delights and demands of poetry and the nightmare of current events happening here in our nation and globally. I want to attempt to answer a […]
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Sharron Singleton and Karol Lagodzki are now friends 7 years, 9 months ago
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Sharron Singleton and Elizabeth Howard are now friends 7 years, 9 months ago
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Spriggan Radfae and Sharron Singleton are now friends 7 years, 9 months ago
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Erika Raskin and Sharron Singleton are now friends 7 years, 9 months ago
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Sharron Singleton and Trudy are now friends 7 years, 9 months ago
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