The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus

The Song of Wandering Aengus” by W.B. Yeats

Snail” by Langston Hughes

I, Too” by Langston Hughes

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W.B. Yeats

Chicago” by Carl Sandburg

Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot

A New National Anthem” by Ada Limón

I Go Back To May 1937” by Sharon Olds

Having a Coke with You” by Frank O’Hara

Dream Song 14” by John Berryman

Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson

Anyone lived in a pretty town” by E. E. Cummings

High Flight by John Gillespie Magee



Teddy’s Travels: Ithaca, NY

Obviously, every ‘Teddy’s Travels’ needs adventure, and after our unremarkable stay in Ithaca, I began to wonder if perhaps we would break the streak.

PWHL helped me “get” sports

I’ve never really been someone who enjoys or even understands sports. At least, not until I attended my first PWHL hockey game.

Top 10 best albums of 2024

It’s been an amazing year for music — some of my favorite albums of the decade came out, pop music thrived, as did rap, metal, and overall there were pretty much great albums coming out consistently every week.