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Poets and Poems: Christina Cook and “Roaming the Labyrinth”

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In “Roaming the Labyrinth,” poet Christina Cook translates the poems of and writes about the French poet Marie-Claire Bancquart.

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Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”: Creating a National Legend

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Horse Longfellow Paul Revere

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” was written at a perilous time in American history, when Civil War threatened.

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Robert Waldron Imagines the Creation of “The Hound of Heaven”

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Hyena Waldron Hound of Heaven Thompson

In “The Hounds of Heaven at My Heels,” Robert Waldron imagines the creation of the great late 19th century poem by Francis Thompson.

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Poets and Poems: Luci Shaw and “An Incremental Life”

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An Incremental Life Shaw

In “An Incremental Life,” poet Luci Shaw takes stock of the personal, the poetic, and the sacred with the sense of experience lived.

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Ben Palpant Talks with 17 Poets About, Well, Poetry

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Seascape Palpant

In “An Axe for the Frozen Sea,” poet and writer Ben Palpant interviews 17 poets about poetry and why and how they write.

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Poets and Poems: Forrest Gander and “Mojave Ghost”

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Death Valley Gander

“Mojave Ghost,” a novel poem by Forrest Gander, combines the physical landscape of the desert with the interior landscape of the mind.

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Poets and Poems: Siân Killingsworth and “Hiraeth”

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Cherry blossoms Killingsworth

In “Hiraeth: Poems,” Siân Killingsworth looks at how we remember people and events and how we never can go home again.

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Poets and Poems: Emily Patterson and “So Much Tending Remains”

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Kangaroos Patterson

In “So Much Tending Remains,” poet Emily Patterson watches her child grow from birth to toddlerhood, reflecting what parenthood means.

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A Biography of Dante’s Divine Comedy

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“Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Biography” by Joseph Luzzi considers how the great poem has been received over the centuries.

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Religion and Poetry Do Mix – and Mix Well

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Sky and mountains religion and poetry

Understanding the strong connection between religion and poetry can be both insightful and richly rewarding.

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Poets and Poems: Jessica Cohn and “Gratitude Diary”

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In “Gratitude Journal: Poems,” Jessica Cohn expresses gratitude for the unusual and unexpected, but always with something larger in mind.

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Poetry as Autobiography: Hannah Sullivan and Richard Eyre

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Sewing machine Eyre Sullivan

Hannah Sullivan”s “Three Poems” and Richard Eyre’s “Place to Place” deftly and often movingly utilize poetry for autobiographies.

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Donald Hall and Andrew Motion Write Poetic Memoirs

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Sicily Islands Motion Hall

I’m not sure why I first started reading memoirs by major poetic figures, but I recently read two that struck me as particularly significant in the development and history of what we consider contemporary poetry.

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Essays: Benjamin Myers Takes on Ambiguity and Belonging

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frozen berries on tree-Benjamin Myers essays

In “Ambiguity & Belonging,” poet Benjamin Myers has assembled a collection of essays about place, education, and poetry.

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Poets and Poems: Louis MacNeice and “Autumn Journal”

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Published in the spring of 1939, “Autumn Journal” by poet Louis MacNeice captured the spirit of the era – and the change coming.

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What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt

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German poem Arendt

“What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt” gathers the 70 often moving poems philosopher Arendt wrote from 1923 to 1962.

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The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien

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Alpine sunset Tolkien

“The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien,’ edited by by Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond, are a serious work of Tolkien scholarship.

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Poets and Poems: Luke Harvey and “Let’s Call It Home”

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Lemurs Harvey

In “Let’s Call It Home,” poet Luke Harvey explores and demonstrates the tenderness of a father towards his young children.

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Epigrams and Epitaphs: Martin Armstrong and “Fifty-Four Conceits”

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Elephant Armstrong

“Fifty-Four Conceits,” published by Martin Armstrong in 1933, is a collection of epitaphs and epigrams that still have meaning.

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Poets and Poems: Paul Brookes and “As FolkTaleTeller”

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Lake Paul Brookes As FolkTaleTeller

“As FolkTaleTeller,” the new poetry chapbook by Paul Brookes, includes 33 poems that tell the stories of English folk tales.

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