by snarly | Sep 26, 2019 | Artistic apologies
Here is a beautiful poem. To us, it feels apology-adjacent. SMALL KINDNESSES by Danusha Laméris I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walkdown a crowded aisle, people pull in their legsto let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”when someone sneezes, a...
by snarly | Jun 24, 2015 | Other Apologies
Under One Small Star My apologies to chance for calling it necessity.My apologies to necessity if I’m mistaken, after all.Please, don’t be angry, happiness, that I take you as my due.May my dead be patient with the way my memories fade.My apologies to time for all the...
by snarly | Nov 30, 2012 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies, Youth apologizes
From Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems by Gail Carson Levine, illustrated by Matthew Cordell, a whole book of insincere apology poems (based, of course, on the William Carlos Williams classic) for the 9- to 12-year-old set. Paired with Joyce...