POEM OF THE DAY: Elizabeth Alexander's "At the Beach"
You may know Elizabeth Alexander as the poet who wrote and performed the poem "Praise Song for the Day" at Obama's 2009 inauguration. She...
POEM OF THE DAY: Matt Rasmussen's "Phone"
I just finished Matt Rasmussen's superbly moving book of poems Black Aperture (Louisiana State University Press, 2013), which won the...
POEM OF THE DAY: Joy Harjo's "She Had Some Horses"
This week, I wanted to include a poem by Joy Harjo, "She Had Some Horses," from her book of the same name (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1983;...
POEM OF THE DAY: Tracy K. Smith's "Everything That Ever Was"
I've been meaning to read Tracy K. Smith's Pulitzer Prize-winning Life on Mars (Greywolf Press, 2011) for a long time now. What was I...
POEM OF THE DAY: Robertson's versions of Transtromer's "Calling Home" and "Mi
Today, I sat down to spend some time with the poems of Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer (1931-2015), something I had yet to do....
POEM OF THE DAY: excerpts from Martha Collins' Blue Front
For today, a couple poems by Martha Collins from her 5th full-length poetry collection, Blue Front. The book, part narrative, part...
POEM OF THE DAY: Edward Arlington Robinson's "The Torrent"
For today, a poem by Edward Arlington Robinson (1869-1935), a poet from my home-state of Maine who I am just now getting to know. Donald...
POEM OF THE DAY: Muriel Rukeyser's "Islands"
“The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality," Rukeyser said. And then she asked, “What would happen if...
POEM OF THE DAY: Norman Dubie's "Buffalo Clouds over the Maestro Hoon"
Hey––it's Norman Dubie, that man of many voices and characters, that maestro of the monologue! Here is tells us about the Maestro Hoon…....
POST MARDI GRAS POEM OF THE DAY: from Claudia Rankine's Citizen
If you haven't yet read Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric, pick it up asap, and get ready to engage. Citizen gives voice to...
