poetry

Weekly Poem: ‘July in Washington’

By Tom LeGro

"July in Washington" is from Robert Lowell "Collected Poems" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003). Lowell, who died in 1977, is best known for his volume "Life Studies," "but his true greatness as an American poet lies in the astonishing variety…

Weekly Poem: ‘bound isaac’

By Tom LeGro

D.A. Powell is the author of "Chronic" (Graywolf Press), which won the 2010 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. The award, which comes with a $100,000 prize, is given annually by Claremont Graduate University to honor work by a mid-career poet.

Weekly Poem: ‘scenes from the trip we didn’t take to the antarctic’

By Tom LeGro

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Weekly Poem: ‘Hole’

By Tom LeGro

"Hole" is from Naomi Ayala's "This Side of Early" (Curbstone Press, 2008). Her first collection, "Wild Animals on the Moon," was published in 1997, and a third is forthcoming. She lives in Washington, D.C., and works as an education consultant,…

Poet Lucille Clifton Dies at Age 73

Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award-winning poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist, died Saturday after a long fight with cancer. She was 73.

Weekly Poem: ‘Those Winter Sundays’

By Tom LeGro

Robert Hayden was the first black poet to be chosen as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress.

Michele Voltaire Marcelin Reads Poetry Inspired by Haiti

Michele Voltaire Marcelin is a poet, actress, painter and writer who was born in Port-au-Prince in 1955 and currently lives and teaches in New York.

Michele Voltaire Marcelin

Poet Michele Voltaire Marcelin reads some of her poems.

Understanding Haiti’s Disaster Through a Poet’s Eyes

Michele Voltaire Marcelin, an artist, poet, spoken word performer and teacher, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since the earthquake struck that country last month, she has been struggling to make sense of the destruction.