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Poets and Poems: Joseph Bottum and “Spending the Winter”

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Winter Landscape Bottum

“Spending the Winter” by Joseph Bottum contains both free verse and New Formalist poems that are all strikingly beautiful.

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Poets and Poems: Jules Jacob & Sonja Johanson and “Rappaccini’s Garden: Poisonous Poetry”

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Spoon shaped flower Rappaccini Garden

In “Rappaccini’s Garden: Poisonous Poetry,” Jules Jacob and Sonja Johanson have visualized the plants of a Nathaniel Hawthorne short story.

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Poets and Poems: Ellen Kombiyil and “Love as Invasive Species”

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Foxes EllenKombiyil

In “Love as an Invasive Species,” poet Ellen Kombiyil takes us out of comfort zones to tells stories of women who face and survive adversity.

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Poets and Poems: Emily Patterson and “Haiku at 5:38 a.m.”

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Japanese doll haiku Patterson

In “Haiku at 5:38 a.m.” poet Emily Patterson uses the haiku form to describe each hour of the day for a woman and young mother.

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Poets and Poems: Tina Barry and “I Tell Henrietta”

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Lake I Tell Henrietta Tina Barry

“I Tell Henrietta” by Tina Barry combines free verse, prose poems, and artwork by Kristin Flynn to create something striking and inventive.

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An Anthology of Contemporary Catholic Poetry

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Sunset Catholic Poetry

The anthology “Contemporary Catholic Poetry” showcases 23 poets, including some of the best writing poetry today.

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Poets and Poems: Claire Coenen and “The Beautiful Keeps Breathing”

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Hydrangea Coenen

In “The Beautiful Keeps Breathing.” poet Claire Coenen finds the beautiful in things and events of the everyday.

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Poets and Poems: Joshua Hren and “Last Things, First Things, and Other Lost Causes”

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Cloud Rainbow Hren

“First Things, Last Things, and Other Lost Causes” by Joshua Hren is about the state of the culture and the need for redemption.

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Poets and Poems: Katharine Whitcomb and “Habitats”

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Red Flower Whitcomb

The poems of “Habitats” by Katharine Whitcomb are like the rooms we inhabit and examine to make sense of our lives.

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Poets and Poems: Spencer K.M. Brown and “Cicada Rex”

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Flower Brown Cicada Rex

In “Cicada Rex: Poems,” poet and novelist Spencer K.M. Brown displays remarkable insights about life, nature, and, of course, cicadas.

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Poets and Poems: Gabrielle Myers and “Break Self: Feed”

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Roses Myers Break Self

The poems of “Break Self: Feed” by Gabrielle Myers remind us of our intricate and intimate connection to the natural world.

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz – The 17th Century Poet (and Nun)

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Geraniums Sor Juana Ines de la cruz

Juana Inés de la Cruz was one of the leading poets and philosophers of the Spanish Golden Age. And she was a nun.

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Poetic Voices: Ian Seed and Stephen Pollock

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Pink Dogwood Pollock Seed

Poets Ian Seed and Stephen Pollock poetically consider what becomes more important as you move or inch into later life.

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A Poetic Masterwork: “The Shield of Achilles” by W.H. Auden

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Manning Park woods Auden

In “The Shield of Achilles,” W.H. Auden created a masterwork in poetry, integrating his views of the spiritual and natural worlds.

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“Poems (1930)” – The First Published Collection by W.H. Auden

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Wet ivy Auden Poems

“Poems (1930),” the first poetry collection by W.H. Auden, promised great things to come, and Auden did not disappoint.

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Herman Melville, a Poet of the Civil War

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Mountain sunrsie Melville

Herman Melville turned from fiction to poetry, and his first collection aimed at memorializing and making sense of the Civil War.

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Poets and Poems: Dan Rattelle and “Painting Over the Growth Chart”

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Lighthouse Dan Rattelle

In “Painting Over the Growth Chart: Poems,” Dan Rattelle explores the importance of places and the people who inhabit them.

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Poets and Poems: Emily Brontë and “The Night is Darkening Round Me”

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Blue bayou Emily Brontë

At a young age, Emily Brontë was an accomplished poet, even though her signature work is the novel “Wuthering Heights.”

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Poets and Poems: Anna Lewis and “Memory’s Abacus”

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Cascade Lewis Memorys Abacus

“Memory’s Abacus,” the first poetry collection by Anna Lewis, captures the essence of family life lived well.

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Poets and Poems: Paul Willis and “Losing Streak”

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coffee Paul Willis Losing Streak

“Losing Streak,” the new poetry collection by Paul Willis, shows both reverent and irreverent love for words and poetry.

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