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I love this little love poem by Laura Cronk. It somehow serves as criticism of and appreciation for cats, as well as of the beloved, and of the differences between people generally.Who among us hasn't known figures like these? I found it in t
To learn more about Anna Akhmatova, you should read Clive James' essays, which are extremely convincing about her stature. This poem of hers was translated by one of my favorite poets of all time, Richard Wilbur.
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) wrote tons of moving and intelligent verse all before he was 20 years old. His life-story and scandal is worth investigating for sure, but move past it and actually read some of his Rowley poems. There is a reason
A Lenten poem tracing the 40’s with humor, wit, and good faith from the lovely “Darwin’s Garden” from MoonTide Press.
"Perilous to be on the street, among the congregations of the afflicted"If ever there was a time for poems by the metaphysical physician Charles Simic, it's now, as #coronavirus has us all indoors or avoiding on another. -from Charles Simic
Available in his Collected Poems: Broken HierarchiesOxford University Press, 2014
Available in his Collected Poems: Broken HierarchiesOxford University Press, 2014
A sonnet from this starburst of talent.
Tupelo Press poet drops by the studio after a reading at Richard Hugo House. More information about the reader can be found at his website: www.mischawillett.com
Tupelo Press poet drops by the studio after a reading at Richard Hugo House. More information about the reader can be found at his website: www.mischawillett.com
from "Elegy Owed"Copper Canyon Press, 2014
from the lovely "Sonnets from the Portuguese"
from the lovely "Sonnets from the Portuguese"
From Jennifer Maier's "Dark Alphabet" on Southern Illinois University Press, a book I recommend without reservation. Those long, interruptive clauses, the doubling, the gratitude!
From Jennifer Maier's "Dark Alphabet" on Southern Illinois University Press, a book I recommend without reservation. Those long, interruptive clauses, the doubling, the gratitude!
A poem about the bravery necessary to the artistic endeavor via c19 whaling practices. Featured in Jeremiah Webster's new book "After So Many Fires," available on Anchor and Plume Press.
A poem about the bravery necessary to the artistic endeavor via c19 whaling practices. Featured in Jeremiah Webster's new book "After So Many Fires," available on Anchor and Plume Press.
Donald Hall's elegy for dead horses, but also for a gone way of life, for appreciation, exposes the brutality of all utilitarianism.
"A Grasshopper" by "Richard Wilbur" read by Mischa Willett by Poems for the People
This is a reading of "Ocean of Storms," the first section of PHASES (Cascade Books, 2017), read by the author.
From the 2014 Michael Waters Poetry Prize winner, this meditation on meaning, resurrection, and immigration that playfully bounces between Star Wars and the biblical prophet Samuel.
Byron's beautiful brooding vision of the end of the world, available in any edition of his works. Drop a line on twitter @PoemsforPeople if you'd like to say hello or make recommendations.
Richard Wilbur's "Advice to a Prophet" is his greatest poem. I feel like this must be a repeat of a poem that I've read here before and lost the file because otherwise, how have I not got around to it before now? The recording quality bothers m
A poem from Stephen Dunn's excellent book "Lines of Defense" (Norton, 2014). You can contact me, make requests/comments, on twitter @poemsforpeople. Opening music is "Juliet's Dream" composed by my friend Jon Steinmeier.
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