#nationalpoetrymonth

Today I am featuring two poets, Brandon Flesher and Dan Hendrickson. Brandon Flesher has two books of poetry, Chasing Shadows and Shattered Dreams in Light. Check them out at his website. Dan Hendrickson's

Today I am reading Lon Chaney, Jr., at the Supermarket in Capistrano Beach by Richard Robbins. Robbins is the director of the creative writing department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He was

Today I am reading And the Old Man Speaks of Paradise: a Ghazal by Wang Ping. A ghazal is originally an Arabic poetic form about loss and love. They are a series of couplets that all end with the same

Today I am reading Though We Flatter Ourselves As Individuals, There Is Always Another Part That Suspects The Contrary Truth by Bill Holm. It's funny how people often have preconceived notions about poets,

Today I am reading After Drinking All Night With A Friend, We Go Out In A Boat At Dawn To See Who Can Write The Beat Poem by Robert Bly I have seen Robert Bly perform several times, and I say

Today I am reading Four Men in a Car by Phillip Dacey. Dacey taught at Minnesota State University, Marshall, and I was able to hear him read many times. And his readings were never dull. He memorized his

Today I am reading How It Will Happen, When by Dorianne Laux. I discovered Dorianne Laux back in grad school, while pursuing my MFA, and I was amazed at how personal and sensual many of her poems were,

Today, for Earth Day, I am reading two poems by Robert Frost. Not only did Frost serve as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, he won four, that is a record-tying FOUR, Pulitzer Prizes.

Today I am ready Wear Me Like a Dress, but yours truly. And for tomorrow, I will read a poem by Robert Frost. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Today I am ready I Knew a Woman by Theodore Roethke. Roethke was a master of imagery and rhythm. His first book was Open House (1941), and The Waking (1953) won a Pulitzer Prize in 1954. The title poem

Today I am reading sonnet XVI from Pablo Neruda's collection 100 Love Sonnets. Neruda, a Chilean poet, wrote an incredible amount of poetry during the early to mid-1900s. Much of his work has not been

Today I am reading Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg is perhaps the most widely known of the Beat poets of the 1940s and 1950s. In their work, these writers questioned politics, commented

Today I am reading The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop. Bishop racked up numerous accolades throughout her career. She served as U.S. Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1949-1950), won a Pulitzer

To today I am mumbling along (while playing my ukulele) to Chocolate Chimpanzees. This is a poem/song I wrote specifically to highlight the CH sound, thus the silly cast of characters: CHocolate CHimpanzees,

For National Poetry Month. From GetYourNewsOnWithRon. thinkvegan.tumblr.com ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Today I am reading From the Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash. Nash has always been one of my favorite poets because he has proven that poems don't need to be full of despair or dripping with romantic

Today I am reading On Turning Ten by Billy Collins. Collins is known for witty and quirky writing, and its the humor in poems like Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House that has made me a fan

Today I am reading The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, or What You Are, You Are by Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks was one of the most highly regarded poets of her time. She was the first African American writer

Today I am reading Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. So far, this has been the most difficult poem I have read. It is full of odd-sounding and made-up words that I can only guess at how to pronounce. It is

Today I'm reading The Dentist and the Crocodile by Roald Dahl. Dahl, as I am sure many of you are aware, as written best selling books from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to BFG, just to name a few.