Jul 09 Jim Harrison Reads ‘Calendars’ and Other Poems Poet Jim Harrison reads his poem "Calendars," which explores the passage of time. Continue reading
Jul 08 Weekly Poem: ‘Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof’ C.D. Wright has published 13 collections of poetry and prose. "Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof" is taken from her most recent book, "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (Copper Canyon, 2008), which in June won Canada's Griffin Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Jul 01 Kernis Takes On Ibn Gabirol in ‘Meditations’ What do you get when you pair an 11th century Spanish poet with a modern American composer? Last week, the audience at the Seattle Symphony found out at the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis' "Symphony of Meditations."… Continue reading
Jun 29 Weekly Poem: ‘Myth’ Natasha Trethewey won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2007 for her book, "Native Guard," written about her mother and black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast. Continue reading
Jun 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Graffiti’ Javairia Henry recently graduated from Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. Her poem, "Graffiti," is taken from "The Way We See It: Complete Coverage of the Nation's Capital From the Inside Out."… Continue reading
Jun 15 Weekly Poem: From ‘Fundamentals of Esperanto’ "Fundamentals of Esperanto" is from "Facts for Visitors" by Srikanth Reddy. Copyright 2005; the Regents of the University of California. Published by University of California Press. Continue reading
Jun 08 Weekly Poem: ‘Luminous Great Mass’ "Luminous Great Mass" is from Peter O'Leary's collection, "Watchfulness" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001). The poem is also included in the Poetry Foundation's Chicago Poetry Tour, a multimedia tour of poetry written in and about the city of Chicago. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch Poetry of Rumi Spans Across Centuries, Cultures Afghan-born 13th century Sufi mystic poet Jalaluddin Rumi is the national poet of Afghanistan, as well as a much-loved poet in America. Jeffrey Brown reports on what's behind the popularity of Rumi's poems. Continue watching
Jun 01 Weekly Poem: ‘Composition’ John Ashbery is the author of more than 30 volumes of poetry, criticism and essays. He has won nearly every major American award for poetry, and his body of work has led many to consider him one of the nation's… Continue reading
May 26 Weekly Poem: ‘White Song’ J. Michael Martinez's collection "Heredities" was selected for the Academy of American Poets' Walt Whitman Award and will be published by Louisiana State University Press. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Continue reading