More poetry

Over the weekend, I assigned Tennyson and Eavan Boland.
Today, though, I am assigning one of my all time favorites, Yusef Komunyakaa.
His voice is unique and perfect, just like the man. I love the way that he captures place in his words. The poem, I think it is called Salt, [...]

Poetry is good, go read some

By Sorbonne graduate and beatific father of the west coast poetry scene, Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Awww, see those city lights.

William Carlos Williams

Anyone who has ever taken a class or workshop has at least read the red wheelbarrow poem, take some time today to read other works by Williams.
He is a master of the concrete detail. His poems are stripped of all the crap and just have the meat and bones of good imagry. They [...]

More poets

Over the weekend, I had friends (or friend, perhaps) read:
Saturday: Edna St. Vincent Millay (she suited my working saturday with her longing romantic ways)
Sunday: Anne Sexton
Monday: Jane Hirshfield.
I have been reading the collection The Lives of the Heart because I noticed that my poet friend Jessica was reading it. In it, I have found [...]

Poetry assignment

Today, read some John Berryman. Berryman’s best know work are his dream songs, a group of poems that include elegies of famous poets, ramblings about girls eating in diners, and threats to shoot himself on his father’s grave. Berryman was obsessed with sex and the idea that children whose fathers committed suicide were [...]

April Poetry Showers

Those of you who actually know me, you may notice that I have been posting assignments on my facebook. Yesterday, everyone was to read Adrienne Rich (her poem “White Night” is my favorite. Go on, look it up.)
What did you think of her work? I heard her read a few years ago. [...]