Susan Crowe

Three Valentines for Elizabeth Bishop

Here are the details, as promised, for the EB event coming up. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Oh, and if you wonder about the italics below, they are all titles of or phrases from Bishop poems.
THREE VALENTINES for ELIZABETH BISHOP
Celebrate Elizabeth Bishop’s Birthday
Date: Sunday, 7 February 2010
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Place: [...]

Elizabeth Bishop House

I’ve added a link to my site today because I’m reminded that the birthday of Elizabeth Bishop is coming up on February 8th. She would have been 99 years old.
Some of you may know that I’m one of several co-owners of her childhood home in Great Village, Nova Scotia. It’s set up as an artists’ [...]

One Art – Elizabeth Bishop

One Art - Elizabeth Bishop

The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and [...]