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John Updike Poems: Endpoint of a Writer’s Life

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

John Updike’s ‘Endpoint and Other Poems’ was published posthumously after a long and stellar writing career.

Filed Under: Poems, poetry, Poets

Breadcrumbs, Coffee, Butter and Love Poems

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Coffee, breadcrumbs, butter, and love. What more do your poems need?

Filed Under: Blog, Cento Poems, Coffee Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Adam and Eve Poems by the Narrow Lake

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Pleating hems, plying fringes, nesting. All here, in poems of Adam and Eve.

Filed Under: Adam and Eve Poems, Cento Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Twitter poetry

Favorite InsideOut Poems

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Dream and love poems, from the pollen of a sunflower to blue sky and a curry leaf. Plus, a poem on the pain of senility.

Filed Under: Blog, Dream Poems, Family Poems, Grief Poems, L.L. Barkat, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Short Poems

The Great Fires, Poems 1982-1992 by Jack Gilbert

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Great Fires Jack Gilbert poetry

Jack Gilbert’s poems are lyrical and clean, like clear ice.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Grief Poems, Jack Gilbert, Poems, poetry, Poets, Short Poems

Poem: When Morning Comes

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

A poem of attentiveness, Russian sage, and the empty peach.

Filed Under: Attentiveness Poems, L.L. Barkat, Nature Poems, Poems, poetry

The Poems of John Estes

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Autumn Offering Poems by Sonia Joie

Estes’ poems evoke a sense of the literary and of everyday reality. He ranges from Virgil to a one-armed, drunken grandfather, and the art of Brueghel.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, John Estes, Poems, poems about writing, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Carl Sandburg – The Chicago Poems

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

In the Chicago Poems, Sandburg writes about the immigrants and laborers who helped turn Chicago into the economic powerhouse it became.

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The Walled Garden of Spices and Herbs Poems

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Cinnamon, clove, chili, thyme. Exotic poems with herbs and spices.

Filed Under: Cento Poems, Grief Poems, Herb Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

New Orleans Poem: We Can Remember

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Americana poem peeks into New Orleans, white columns, and water washed.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Grief Poems, Poems, poetry, Twitter poetry

Poems of the Ruby Moon

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Surreal poems on work, love, and the ruby moon.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Cento Poems, color poems, Dog Poems, Dream Poems, love poems, love poetry, Moon poems, Poems, poetry, Red Poems, Short Poems, Spring Poems, Surreal Poems, work poems

The Orchards of Desire Poems

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Surreal poems with plum sheets, blue pearls, and skirts burning jasmine.

Filed Under: Cento Poems, love poems, love poetry, Plum Poems, Poems, Short Poems, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

A Tabloidian Twepic of Twitter Poems

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

An epic set of Twitter poems that treads the ground of aliens, vampires, and angels.

Filed Under: Alien Poems, Angel Poems, Camel Poems, Cento Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, Short Poems, Twitter poetry, Vampire Poems

At the Oasis, The Camel on Caravan

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

So the three of us tweeted away (49 tweets in all). Then I was given the privilege of crafting our separate poems into one big poem, and we decided to name it in honor of our absent friend.

Filed Under: Camel Poems, Dream Poems, Poems, poetry, Twitter poetry

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