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National Poetry Month - April 2009
National Poetry Month is almost here again. The poster for the Academy of American Poets' 2009 National Poetry Month asks the question, "Dare I disturb the universe?" more...
The speaker of a poem is not always the poet. A poem is a crafted performance, a portrayal, or a dramatization similar to a play. The speaker is a created character. more...
Julio Noboa Polanco's speaker makes an awkward attempt to assert his desire for freedom. While the sentiment is, no doubt, heartfelt, the poem betrays a lack of skill. more...
Despite noises to the contrary, poetry is doing just fine in the 21st century, and by all lights, it should continue to do well into the far distance future. more...
Williams and Auden both address the issue of "turning away" from other people's failures and suffering in their poems that focus on Peter Brueghel's Icarus painting. more...
Readers know a poem when they see it, but poetry does more than exist as a form: poetry portrays and often dramatizes the experience of human emotional life. more...
Poetry at the Library of Congress
If you love learning the history of poetry in America, you'll find lots of fascinating information on the Library of Congress poetry site, even a poem by President Tyler. more...
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Eating Poetry and The Invention of Cuisine
By: Martin G. Wood
Eating Poetry leads the reader down a mysterious literary digestive tract, while The Invention of Cuisine views a plate of food as a palate, full of primitive imaginings. more...
W.H. Auden's Speaker in Musée Des Beaux Arts
By: Jim Benz
Auden brilliantly demonstrates the application of 'speaker's voice' as an effective device for complicating a poem's semantic content with nuance and ironic complexity. more...
A Dying Emperor's Unsolved Mystery
By: Duncan McGibbon
Hadrian Lay Dying at his Palace at Baiae, Naples. His Slaves Refused to Stab Him in the Place He had Found Beneath his Heart. He Left Five Lines that Defied Translation. more...
The Legendary Dodge Poetry Festival is Back On
Good news! The Festival, once threatened by the economic recession, is on for October 2010. Go to hear Billy Collins and other great poets, and rediscover what matters. more...
Creative Nonfiction and Poetry
Creative nonfiction essays are more closely related to poetry than one might suspect, and in many ways bear more resemblance to poetry than its prose cousin: fiction. more...
Passion Vs. Reason in the Works of Chaucer
By: Lane Luft
Exploring the questions of life and love, reason and passion in two of Chaucer's poems, The Book of the Duchess and The Parliament of the Fowls. more...
Verses for Mom's Heart by Steven L. Layne
By: Kelley Huston
Moms all around the world are loved by their children. This book of poetry celebrates the bond between a child and mother. more...
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