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Poets and Poems: Yvor Winters and “Selected Poems”

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Salt Flats Yvor Winters

“Yvor Winters: Selected Poems,” provides a fine collection of the importance and impact of an avant garde poet turned formalist.

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Edward Hirsch and “The Heart of American Poetry”

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Mirror Lake Yosemite Hirsch

In “The Heart of American Poetry,” Edward Hirsch has written both a personal memoir and a love letter to American poetry.

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The Early Poetry of Langston Hughes

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Blurry river Langston Hughes

In his early poetry, Langston Hughes told the stories and experiences of Black people for both adults and children.

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It’s Been a Good Year for Poetic Biographies and Anthologies

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Pumpkins Poetic biographies and anthologies

The year 2022 is shaping up as one of the best in recent memory for the publication of poetic biographies and anthologies.

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Taras Shevchenko: The Poet of Ukraine

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Torne River Taras Shevchenko

The poet Taras Shevchenko is considered the national poet of Ukraine; his poetry celebrated Ukraine’s history and hopes for the future.

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Poetic Voices: River Dixon and Thomas Colquith

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Forest scene River Dixon and Thomas Colquith

“Come Looking” by River Dixon and “We Grow in Groves” by Thomas Colquith explore regret, loss, and life in different poetic ways.

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Poetry Prompt: Writing Letters of Three

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

red toadstool letters to the forest

Join author Callie Feyen for a poetry prompt as she thinks about an idea for teaching, but chooses instead to pick hydrangeas.

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Poets and Poems: Paul Willis and ‘Somewhere to Follow’

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Path to mountains Poet Rick Maxson

“Somewhere to Follow,” the new poetry collection by Paul Willis, invites the reader to find the sacred in the everyday.

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Poet-a-Day: Meet Katie Manning

By Tania Runyan 12 Comments

Sunset in Howth - Dublin, Ireland Clouds and Light Ecclesiastes Poem Katie Manning

What happens when you begin to erase parts of a text? Can poetry rise to the surface? Katie Manning made it so, with the book of Ecclesiastes.

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“30 Poems to Memorize (Before It’s Too Late)” by David Kern

By Glynn Young 15 Comments

In “30 Poems to Memorize (Before It’s Too Late),” editor David Kern and 13 other contributors remind us of why we love poetry.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Zoom Pandemic Edition

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Zoom

When poets celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day during a pandemic, it’s likely total pandemonium. Join Lucille Clifton, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson & more in a Zoom chat.

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Rethinking the Role of the Poet: Essays by Micah Mattix

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“The Soul Is a Stranger in This World” by Micah Mattix takes a refreshing look at familiar contemporary poets—and at the role of poetry itself.

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Poetry Prompt: Could Be Poems

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Have you ever experienced a moment and said to someone, “That’s a poem?” Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Join Callie Feyen as she explores the question.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day!

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2019 Take Your Poet to Work Day Cover

It’s Take Your Poet to Work Day! Find all the resources you need to enjoy the company of your favorite poet at work today.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: W. S. Merwin

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Take Your Poet to Work W. S. Merwin

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection features recently lost American national treasures like W. S. Merwin.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Mary Oliver

By Will Willingham 2 Comments

Mary Oliver Take Your Poet to Work Day

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection features recently lost American national treasures like Mary Oliver.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: Tony Hoagland

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Tony Hoagland Take Your Poet to Work Cover

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection features recently lost American national treasures like Tony Hoagland.

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Take Your Poet to Work Day: C. D. Wright

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

C.D. Wright cover

We’re getting ready to celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day! Our 2019 poet collection kicks off with with American poet C. D. Wright.

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National Book Award for Poetry: “Indecency” by Justin Phillip Reed

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Winterfrost Indecency Justin Phillip Reed

The poems of the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry Winner “Indecency” by Justin Phillip Reed are as haunting as the streets they come from.

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Poetry Prompt: The Farm—Endings and Pretending

By Callie Feyen 9 Comments

What endings do we see on a farm in summer?

What poetry can be found in an ending? Can we play pretend long enough to believe? Join Callie Feyen as she writes about disintegrated definitions and why poets make some of the best friends.

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