odes to common things
Ode to My L.L. Bean Bookbag
I got mine in 6th grade. I’m from Maine where having an L.L. Bean book bag is about as exotic as wearing jeans. Once in high school I decided I wanted to be different and bought a Jansport that ended up being too small and I ripped the zipper off on the first day. My […]
Odes to Things
Pablo Neruda, the nobel-prize winning Chilean poet, wrote several collections of poems in celebration of things. My favorite is Ode to a Pair of Socks, see below. I’ve created a new category for my own odes to things, for some things, even though they are material and will pass away like so much dust, deserve to be celebrated for their ingenuity, their usefulness and for the skill and care with which they were designed and made.