In “The Shield of Achilles,” W.H. Auden created a masterwork in poetry, integrating his views of the spiritual and natural worlds.
Poems to Listen By: Buoyancies—4: Lilt
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“Poems (1930)” – The First Published Collection by W.H. Auden
“Poems (1930),” the first poetry collection by W.H. Auden, promised great things to come, and Auden did not disappoint.
Poet Laura: The Tapestry of Poetry
In this month’s Poet Laura, Michelle Rinaldi Ortega visits the Met Cloisters and invites readers to pen a Mixtape poem.
Herman Melville, a Poet of the Civil War
Herman Melville turned from fiction to poetry, and his first collection aimed at memorializing and making sense of the Civil War.
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ Threshold
In this poetry club tea date, we encounter a threshold. What will we find there? What will you find at your own threshold—that you can put in a poem?
Poems to Listen By: Buoyancies—3:Flashbacks
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Poets and Poems: Dan Rattelle and “Painting Over the Growth Chart”
In “Painting Over the Growth Chart: Poems,” Dan Rattelle explores the importance of places and the people who inhabit them.
Poets and Poems: Emily Brontë and “The Night is Darkening Round Me”
At a young age, Emily Brontë was an accomplished poet, even though her signature work is the novel “Wuthering Heights.”
Poems to Listen By: Buoyancies—2: Meet Kid Larkin
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Poetry and Music: In “(After),” the Aaron Irwin Trio Orchestrates Nine Poems
In the new album “(After),” the Aaron Irwin Trio blends and interprets music and poetry to celebrate nine poems.
Poetry Prompt: Color Palette & Aestheticism
What is aestheticism? Learn a little about this movement in art and literature. Then call on color to create a beautiful poem of your own.
Poet Laura: Moon Landing
Michelle Rinaldi Ortega continues her Poet Laura journey, taking us on a lunar flyby writing and sharing some moon poems.
Poets and Poems: Anna Lewis and “Memory’s Abacus”
“Memory’s Abacus,” the first poetry collection by Anna Lewis, captures the essence of family life lived well.
Poets and Poems: Paul Willis and “Losing Streak”
“Losing Streak,” the new poetry collection by Paul Willis, shows both reverent and irreverent love for words and poetry.
Poems to Listen By: Buoyancies—1: Casting Off
Laurie Klein reads “Everything Begins in Water” in a new audio series, Buoyancies, featuring work from her new collection, House of 49 Doors: Entries in a Life.
Poets and Poems: Jen Karetnick and “Inheritance with a High Error Rate”
“Inheritance with a High Error Rate,” the new poetry collection byJen Karetnick, is full of vivid imagery and the enjoyment of life .
Poetry Prompt: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Do you remember the “how does your garden grow” line from the nursery rhyme? Come write a poem and plant what you want in it.
Poems to Listen By: Earth Song—9: But You Thought You Knew
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Poets and Poems: Angela Alaimo O’Donnell and “Dear Dante”
“Dear Dante” by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell is both a conversation with and a tribute to “The Divine Comedy,” the great poetic work by Dante.