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Poet Laureate Joy Harjo: Grace, Rain, and Other Mysteries

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Author Megan Willome considers grace, rain, and other mysteries inherent in the poetry of Joy Harjo, the new U.S. poet laureate.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Nature Poems, Poems, Poets, Rain poems

Poets and Poems: Benjamin Myers and “Black Sunday”

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Oak Tree Black Sunday Benjamin Myers

In “Black Sunday,” Benjamin Myers uses poetry to explore and illustrate what happened to the people and the land during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

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Poetry, Fiction, or What? “The Long Take” by Robin Robertson

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Compass Robertson The Long Take

“The Long Take” by British poet Robin Robertson, shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, is a poetry book, a novel, and a noir movie.

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Poets and Poems: Darren Demaree and “Two Towns Over”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

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The 56 poems of “Two Towns Over” by poet Darren Demaree powerfully document the devastation of the opioid addiction crisis.

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A Night of Cowboy Poetry — Poems, Songs, and Cowpunchers

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

Poetry, music, and cowpunchers took the stage for “A Cowboy’s Night in old Texas.” Megan Willome wore her red boots.

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The Mythic and Heroic: “The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Mountains Hiawatha by Longfellow

“The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a beautiful story about a heroic leader who loses what he holds most dear.

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The Poetry of the Visiting Card: Miss Jennie Todt meets Catherina Gerhard

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Wrought iron visiting cards

A visiting card in an 1899 edition of “Longfellow’s Complete Poems” leads to stories of German immigrants, St. Louis history, and even beer.

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Childhood, Poetry, and History: “The Courtship of Miles Standish”

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Tree in snow Courtship of Miles Standish

Reading “The Courtship of Miles Standish” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow brings memories of childhood, poetry, and history.

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The Poem as Modern Myth: “Evangeline” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Haunted Wood Evangeline

“Evangeline” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow resurrected an almost forgotten event in Canadian and American history and helped shaped a regional people.

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Our Best-Known Patriotic Poem: Longfellow Visits a Church

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

lighthouse Paul Revere's Ride

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow climbed the stairs of the Old North Church tower in Boston in April, 1860; the result was America’s best-known patriotic poem.

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The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: “Olio” by Tyehimba Jess

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Tyehimba Jess

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection “Olio” by Tyehimba Jess bends poetry our of its familiar groove to tell a story few Americans know.

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Poets and Poems: Frank Stanford and “The Light the Dead See”

By Glynn Young 13 Comments

Pier into Light Frank Stanford

Frank Stanford (1948-1978) embodied William Wordsworth’s “The Child is father of the Man” in both his life and his poetry.

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2016 Pulitzer Prize: “Ozone Journal” by Peter Balakian

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Silver grass Ozone Journal

“Ozone Journal’ by Peter Balakian, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, challenges, provokes, and helps us to see in a different light.

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Walt Whitman in Brooklyn: Newspapers and “Leaves of Grass”

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Walt Whitman lived for 22 years in Brooklyn, and the city exerted a powerful influence on his poetry, especially “Leaves of Grass.”

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Poets and Poems: Donald Hall and “Selected Poems”

By Glynn Young 15 Comments

Donald Hall says he can’t write poetry any more. His new “Selected Poems” demonstrates the sufficiency of what he’s written.

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Robert Frost and “The Road Not Taken”

By Glynn Young 15 Comments

Author David Orr argues that “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is both the best known and most misunderstood American poem.

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Poets and Poems: Hart Crane, “The Bridge” and Me

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Reading “The Bridge” by Hart Crane is an exploration into the love for the literature of Realism and Modernism – and the reasons for that love.

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Poets and Poems: Daniel Bowman Jr.’s “A Plum Tree in Leatherstocking Country”

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Poets and Poems Daniel Bowman

“A Plum Tree in Leatherstocking Country” by Daniel Bowman Jr.is a beautiful collection, poems of quiet, reflection, and memory.

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National Poetry Month: Show Us Your (Poetry) Jeans

By tspoetry 82 Comments

National Poetry Month Show Us Your Jeans

It’s National Poetry Month, and all month long, we want to see your poetry jeans. Get featured, shared, or even published in our e-book? It could happen.

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Poets and Poems: Jeannine Hall Gailey and “The Robot Scientist’s Daughter”

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Jeannine Hall Gailey Poets and Poems

“The Robot Scientist’s Daughter” by Jeannine Hall Gailey is a story of point-counterpoint of nature and technology, and the bargain we make between them.

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