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Poems
Twice a week, I post a poem I love by another poet. Some are well-known poems, but most are poems that have been published in the last 20 years. I find many in journals, online, and in chapbooks and books I own. My tastes in poetry is eclectic--poems just have to be great--so you will find every type of poem on my blog.
For I will consider my Cat Jeoffrey by Christopher Smart
from Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily...
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May 19, 20244 min read
Death Is Nothing At All by Henry Scott Holland
Death Is Nothing At All by Henry Scott Holland Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room....
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May 15, 20241 min read
Henry Hudson Looks at the Hudson by David Shapiro
Henry Hudson Looks at the Hudson by David Shapiro (published in Jacket Magazine, August, 2003) Henry Hudson turned to me and said: Be...
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May 12, 20241 min read
What Do I Care for Morning by Helene Johnson
What Do I Care for Morning by Helene Johnson What do I care for morning, For a shivering aspen tree, For sun flowers and sumac Opening...
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May 8, 20241 min read
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry (published in The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry, Penguin, 2018) When despair for the...
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May 5, 20241 min read
After I Came Back from Iceland by Sheenagh Pugh
After I Came Back from Iceland by Sheenagh Pugh published in Poetry For the Earth, edited by Sara Dunn with Alan Scholefield, Fawcett...
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May 1, 20241 min read
In Perpetual Spring by Amy Gerstler
In Perpetual Spring by Amy Gerstler (published in her book, Bitter Angel, North Point Press, 1990) Gardens are also good places to sulk....
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
After Looking into a Book Belonging to My Great-Grandfather, Eli Eliakim Plutzik by Hyam Plutzik
After Looking into a Book Belonging to My Great-Grandfather, Eli Eliakim Plutzik by Hyam Plutzik (published in his book, Apples from...
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Apr 24, 20241 min read
On the Recovery of Canis Familiaris from Sputnik 2, 1957 by Bailey Blumenstock
On the Recovery of Canis Familiaris from Sputnik 2, 1957 by Bailey Blumenstock (published in The Maine Review, Issue 6.1, 2020) Before...
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Apr 21, 20241 min read
I tell my children by Victoria Chang
I tell my children by Victoria Chang published in her 2020 book, Obit (Copper Canyon Press) I tell my children that hope is like a blue...
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Apr 17, 20241 min read
Her Perfect Dad by Kathleen Aguero
Her Perfect Dad by Kathleen Aguero (published in her 2013 book, after that, Tiger Bark Press) I'm Carson Drew. I disappear, don't...
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Apr 14, 20241 min read
Seeing the Eclipse in Maine by Robert Bly
Seeing the Eclipse in Maine by Robert Bly (published in 1997, and here) It started about noon. On top of Mount Batte, We were all...
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Apr 10, 20241 min read
Path of Totality by Niina Pollari
Path of Totality by Niina Pollari (published in her 2022 book, Path of Totality, by Soft Skull Press) Something set you into motion. A...
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Apr 7, 20241 min read
A Blessing by James Wright
A Blessing by James Wright (published in Above the River: The Complete Poems) Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota, Twilight...
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Apr 3, 20241 min read
Ballad by Sonia Sanchez
Ballad by Sonia Sanchez (published in her 2007 book, Homegirls & Handgrenades, White Pine Press) (after the spanish) forgive me if i...
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Mar 31, 20241 min read
Girl Scouts Visit the FBI, circa 1975 by Jane Satterfield
Girl Scouts Visit the FBI, circa 1975 by Jane Satterfield (published in The Common, Issue 3, 2012) Fox’s series the X-Files starred David...
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Mar 27, 20241 min read
Can You Really Get By on Three Chords and the Truth? by Ace Boggess
Can You Really Get By on Three Chords and the Truth? by Ace Boggess (published in Jenny, Issue 015, Fall 2018) I like to think of the...
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Mar 24, 20241 min read
Reading Late Anabasis by Ishion Hutchinson
Reading Late Anabasis by Ishion Hutchinson published in Connotation Press There is nothing strictly immortal, but immortality. —Thomas...
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Mar 20, 20241 min read
Living Room by Marie Ponsot
Living Room by Marie Ponsot The window’s old & paint-stuck in its frame. If we force it open the glass may break. Broken windows cut, and...
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Mar 17, 20241 min read
Haiku by Natsume Sōseki
Haiku by Natsume Sōseki Over the wintry Forest, winds howl in rage With no leaves to blow.
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Mar 13, 20241 min read
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