Dec 30 Marie Ponsot Reads ‘Contracted’ and Other Poems Marie Ponsot is an accomplished peoet and translator. Ponsot has published several books of poems, including most recently, "Easy" (2009), "Springing" (2002) and "The Bird Catcher" (1998), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for… Continue reading
Dec 28 Weekly Poem: ‘Longing’ By Arts Desk Dennis Brutus was a South African poet and activist up until his death on Saturday at the age of 85 at his home in Cape Town. Continue reading
Dec 21 Weekly Poem: ‘Mount Kearsarge’ By Tom LeGro Donald Hall is considered one of the major American poets of his generation. He has published 15 books of poetry, beginning with "Exiles and Marriages" in 1955. His latest was "White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems" in… Continue reading
Dec 07 Weekly Poem: ‘TV, Evening News’ Marie Ponsot has published several books of poems, including most recently, "Springing" (2002) and "The Bird Catcher" (1998), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Nov 30 Weekly Poem: ‘Contracted’ Marie Ponsot has published several books of poems, including most recently, "Springing" (2002) and "The Bird Catcher" (1998), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Nov 30 Poet Marie Ponsot Celebrating Life at 88 "I'm Marie Ponsot, and I am 88 years old, which is very entertaining. You have not gotten there yet, probably, although quite a few people do. But I recommend it to you. It is really fun. Seventy is great, but… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Poet Marie Ponsot Celebrating Life at 88 A profile of 88-year-old poet Marie Ponsot, who published her sixth collection of poems last month called "Easy."… Continue watching
Nov 23 Weekly Poems: Keith Waldrop, 2009 National Book Award Winner Keith Waldrop won the 2009 National Book Award for "Transcendental Studies," a trilogy of collage poems. The two poems below are from "Transcendental Studies."… Continue reading
Nov 16 Weekly Poem: ‘Storm’ Kwame Dawes is director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative and the University of South Carolina Arts Institute, where he also teaches as distinguished poet in residence. Continue reading