FINDING THE POEM AT THE EDGE OF
Writing and the Creative Life: “Come to the edge” | by Scott Myers
A poem by Christopher Logue: “Come to the edge,” he said. “We're comfortable back here,” they said. “Come to the ...
Christian Wiman — All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs - OnBeing
I trust that somebody around the world has written a poem that is going to be sufficient for the moments of my life where I need something that ...
Finding the Subject | The Poetry Foundation
One approach is to consider yourself an excavator, peeling apart the layers of the poem, like an archaeologist uncovering layers of history in ...
Frontier Poetry Submission Manager
Frontier Poetry began with the simple mission of being a platform for emerging poets—to uplift, to prepare, and to inspire. We are looking for poets and poems ...
David Whyte: Finding Courage, Clarity and Kinship Through Poetry
A short snippet from Week 2 of our course KINSHIP: World as Archipelago. * ABOUT THIS SESSION: At the core of poetry is the act of catching ...
Lockdown Poems - Ledbury Poetry Festival
Nonetheless, in reading these poems, I find reflections on, and insight into, my own experiences. As well as differences. Other ways of thinking about, or ...
How Poetry Can Amplify the Meaning of Art - Guggenheim Museum
A portrait of poet Ama Codjoe, wearing a three-quarter-sleeve black V. In response to the current exhibition Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure ...
Sundown Walks to the Edge of the Story - The New Yorker
Poetry by Joy Harjo: “In ... They hold hands in the dark and fall asleep together. I find them, as sundown walks to the edge of the story
A Poem Holds Everything — Home - Blue Edge Books
Interview with Kay Cosgrove by Blue Edge Books. Do you find a relationship between words and writing and life in the US in 2023? What I love ...
A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy ‹ Literary Hub
Of course the poems are also arguments, or narratives, or expressions, but the poets I love most find ways to subordinate their own sovereignty ...
Finding the Words to Say It: The Healing Power of Poetry - PMC
If you didn't read this poem aloud, do so now. What is your experience of reading this poem? How is it relevant to you? Do you identify with the woman or, ...
Finding Them Gone: Visiting China's Poets of the Past by Bill Porter ...
To pay homage to China's greatest poets, renowned translator Bill Porter—who is also known by his Chinese name “Red Pine”—traveled through China visiting ...
What was lost, what is saved, a half-century ago, looking for the artist, two of his sons climbed over twelve thousand feet, then clambered down dark rock to ...
The Shape of the Void: Toward a Definition of Poetry
When you write in the line, there is always an awareness of the mystery, of what is left out. This is why, I suppose, poems can be so ...
Home at the Edge of the World: Alameda Poet Laureate Inaugural ...
Leaded in glass, shingled in fish-scale, spangled with gingerbread, Victorian ladies tarted up for Carnival, their history and lore curving like ...
Poem of the Week, by Michael Lee - Alison McGhee
Poem of the Week, by Michael Lee · 1) When I was young and had just lost someone I loved, I prayed one night for him to give me a sign from ...
By Thich Nhat Hanh ... Death comes with his impressive scythe and says, “You should be afraid of me.” I look up and ask, “Why should I be afraid of you?” “Because ...
Field Bling | Madison Public Library
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"Elegy (Deserted)" by Eryn Green - Poetry Daily
Hope: the following page. Do not close the book. I have turned all the pages of the book without finding hope. Perhaps hope is the book. —Edmond ...
Looking for The Gulf Motel | Richard Blanco
His third book of poetry, Looking for The Gulf Motel, is a genealogy of the heart, exploring how his family's emotional legacy has shaped—and continues shaping— ...