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Poets and Poems: Wendell Berry and “Another Day”
In “Another Day: Sabbath Poems,” Wendell Berry continues his focus on community, land, landscape, people, and a sense of place.
Poetry Prompt: Oh, My Word
Words hold great power, even though they are simple slips of sound and meaning. Words can start things. And end things. Come write your own word poem!
Poets and Poems: Robert McDowell and “The Excellent Assembly”
“The Excellent Assembly” by Robert McDowell is a collection of 52 poems to remember the people who died in 9/11.
Poet Laura: By Heart
As summer comes to a close, Donna Hilbert reflects on the poems that she turns to for comfort in times of loss, for direction, and for joy.
Poets and Poems: Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and “The Wonderment”
In “The Wonderment: Poems,” Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer writes of the familiar and commonplace things that contain a sense of wonder.
A Non-Personal Memory of Wendell Berry
I was the only one in the room who knew who he was.
Poets and Poems: Jen Karetnick and “Organ Language”
In “Organ Language: Poems,” Jen Karetnick looks at the familiar and the everyday, probing beyond the obvious to find meaning.
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ The Pershing Hotel
Get your favorite steep or brew and join us in a poetry club tea date, to write a poem based on Angela Alaimo O’Donnell’s “The Pershing Hotel.”
How the Norton’s Anthology Shaped My Understanding of Poetry
“The Norton Anthology of English Literature” — all 4,000 pages of it — shaped my understanding of poetry.