Today, March 21, 2025, is World Poetry Day. People everywhere are encouraged to share, read, or write a poem. I would like to share a poem with you, by T.S. Eliot, called “East Coker.”
This poem came to me, discovered me or perhaps I discovered it, just at the right time. I was approaching 50 and doing that thing many of us do — trying to understand life, and my purpose in it. Poetry to the rescue!
Tag Archives: 2025
Celebrating 25 Volumes of Corridor: A Tribute to Tom Robbins
The March edition of Corridor hits a milestone: Volume 25! So young, so innocent, and ready to take on the world. This month’s Corridor’s cover is by me, Shannon Laws, titled “Roadside Distractions Appear Along a Foggy Corridor.” It seems fitting given the current political environment in the U.S..
The Intersection of AI and Poetry: Thoughts on Creativity
Do you have an opinion about A.I. in the creative world? I enjoyed listening to my poems as songs. It was easy to generate, took less than 2 minutes and it was free. Is it low-hanging fruit, another tool in the toolbox, or just pure creative laziness?
Heartfelt Contributions: February’s Corridor Highlights
This months Corridor takes a deeper dive into Febraury. Gives up some heart shaped food for thought on a paper platter. Here is the cover, below are the contributors. Keep your heartlight lit and your eyes searching for this piece of found art around town. Copies go out starting the first two weeks of February. Coffee shops, book stores, Little Free Libaries and the like.
Transform Your Workday with Motivational Songs (aka: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb)
I want some internet at American speed
A mocha steak with a side of potatoes
TV that takes me from Tuesday to need
and a two hour flight to Moscow
Meet the Creative Minds Behind Corridor Vol. 23
Volume 23 of Corridor will be printed and distributed in the first two weeks of January. Here is the cover. Keep your eyes out for it! Copies are always available at the breezeway between Village Books and the Colophon Cafe. Copies go fast!
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