a fine poem by WS Merwin about J. Berryman
a most serious poem for poets, and for their readers….
The Waves
they come at us not quite together like lines in a poem we’ve never read or have forgotten like most of what happens to us they’re…
David Biespiel on W S Merwin
the outpour of feeling for WS Merwin this week is amazing, and continues…
a good poem today by Amorek Huey
reading a poem a day is a good idea
a good Carl Phillips poem
sleep and sheep… and other good things…..
W S Merwin
A great poet has died, one whose work I’ve been reading for many years. “The kind of of writing that matters most to me is something…
Floaters
this dock sits where and when I sit a few paces out over a bordered lake whose outward pacific pose is for the comfort of the…
The High Window’s Featured American Poet, Spring 2019: D. Nurkse
Originally posted on The High Window:
D. Nurkse was born on December 13, 1949, in New Jersey, the son of Estonian economist Ragnar Nurkse. He received…
Taoist antidotes to anxiety
Poetry is of course a cultural statement as well as an individual conversation. Taoism is a deep undercurrent in the West, but all you need to…
The Long Sorrow of Trees
We call it winter but for them it needs no calling chatter of birds and chipmunks, of rats they don’t ignore these exactly nor discount them…
