Poetry


Feature Writer: Linda Sue Grimes
Linda Sue Grimes, Ronald W. Grimes

Poetry fascinates readers for many reasons, from its unique language use to the varied subjects that poets have dramatized down through the centuries.

The Ancients, including Homer and Vergil, captivated audiences with their ability to spin a memorable yarn. Ancient Indian epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, were so easily memorized that it was centuries before anyone wrote them down.

From the Ancients to Middle Eastern and Western Eurpoean bards to early Americans like Phillis Wheatley, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman to the most contemporary poets such as recent poets laureate, Louise Glück, Ted Kooser, Charles Simic, and currently Kay Ryan, the journey through poetry remains a colorful and enticing one.

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Linda Sue Grimes

Masters' Robert Fulton Tanner

In: American Poetry

Robert Fulton Tanner reveals much about his character by comparing himself metaphorically to a rat in a trap more...

Barrett Browning's Sonnet 24

In: British Poetry

The speaker compares the negative attitudes of others to a "clasping knife" that she will simply close up to rid her love of danger and damage. more...

Barker's Thanksgiving Argument

In: American Poetry

Pop McIntyre and Smoky Hughes don't see eye to eye when it comes to giving thanks; Smoky presses his individualism a little further than Pop can abide. more...

Brooks' Gay Chaps at the Bar

In: American Poetry

Brooks' "Gay Chaps at the Bar" is an American sonnet, featuring the Petrarchan style octave consisting of two quatrains and sestet consisting of two tercets. more...

Ollie and Fletcher McGee

In: American Poetry

The third and fourth poems of Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology are companion pieces, spoken by a wife and a husband, commenting on the quality of their marriage. more...

Yogananda's Listen to my Soul Song

In: World Poetry

In Paramahansa Yogananda's "Listen to my Soul Song" from Songs of the Soul, the great yogi offers a perfect blend of three poetry forms: song, chant, and prayer. more...

Barrett Browning's Sonnet 23

In: British Poetry

The speaker responds to love letter from her belovèd. more...

Rich's Diving into the Wreck

In: American Poetry

The ten versagraphs of Adrienne Rich's "Diving into the Wreck" dramatize a reader's metaphorical journey to explore the nature of a non-existent catastrophe. more...

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