With “Clouds on the Ground,” poet Autumn Williams turned to poetry to help her deal with chronic fatigue syndrome.
The Manuscript of “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot
A manuscript facsimile edition of “The Waste Land” helps show how T.S. Eliot wrote the famous Modernist poem.
“The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain” by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nobel Prizewinner Kazuo Ishiguro has written 16 song lyrics for jazz singer Stacey Kent, entitled “The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain.”
Poets and Poems: Steven Flint Embraces Haiku
Three collections of haiku poems, from among more than 30 by Steven Flint, focus on love, nature, and human relationships.
Learning by Poetry: C’est Fait Par du Monde
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Poets and Poems: Katie Kalisz and “Quiet Woman”
“Quiet Woman,” the first poetry collection by Katie Kalisz, chronicles family life with a keen and insightful eye.
Poets and Poems: Alison Luterman and “Hard Listening”
In “Hard Listening: Poems,” Alison Letterman chronicles her past, her family, her life, and the music that helped shape who she is.
“On Frost and Eliot” by William Pritchard
In “On Frost and Eliot,” literary critic William Pritchard has collected his articles, reviews, and essays on Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot.
Poets and Poems: Patricia Clark and “Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars”
“Self-Portrait with a Million Nature” by poet Patricia Clark uses nature to frame poetry about the inevitable changes of life.
Poets and Poems: Paul Willis and “Orvieto”
Poet Paul Willis visits a walled medieval town of Orvieto in Italy, and he describes its art, churches, streets, monuments, and vineyards.
Poets and Poems: Gabrielle Myers and “Points in the Network”
In “Points in the Network: Poems,” Gabrielle Myers takes familiar, everyday subjects and makes you think you’re reading them for the first time.
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ True North
Get your favorite steep (or brew) and join us in writing a poem based on Beth Copeland’s “True North.” Add a little fog & mystery along the way!
Poets and Poems: Christine Rhein and “Wild Flight”
“Wild Flight: Poems” by Christine Rhein tells a story of how a boy’s displacement during World War II shaped his family for decades after.
Poets and Poems: Peter Murphy and “You Too Were Once on Fire”
In “You Were Once on Fire,” poet Peter Murphy describes the distance between the real and the ideal and a sense of things coming undone.
“Your Accent! You Can’t Be from New Orleans!”
I may be the only person I know born and raised in New Orleans who didn’t have the famous New Orleans accent.
Learning by Poetry: Pas du Tout
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Poets and Poems: Donna Vorreyer and “Unrivered”
Poet Donna Vorreyer comes to grips with aging, grief, and longing in her fourth poetry collection, “Unrivered.”
Poet Sidney Lanier and the Lost Cause
As he began to write the manuscript that became his historical novel Brookhaven, author Glynn Young knew he would use a 19th century poet as a kind of infusion into the story.
Poets and Poems: A.J. Thibault and “We Lack a Word”
Screenwriter and novelist A.J. Thibault waited a few decades until he published the poems and prose poems he wrote in college.
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ The Turning
Get your favorite steep (or brew) and join us in writing a poem based on Maggie Smith’s “I Think of You, Eréndira.” What will turn in your poem?