Tag: National Poetry Month
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National Poetry Month: James Galvin
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Read More: National Poetry Month: James Galvin~from Michaela Hayes James Galvin, born in 1951, is a poet, novelist, and instructor. He has written seven books of poetry, most recently Everything We Always Knew Was True (2016), one novel, and a weird hodge-podge mix called The Meadow. Galvin was brought to my attention only a few days…
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National Poetry Month: Tommy Pico
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Tommy PicoToday’s poem is by Tommy Pico, a poet from Brooklyn who grew up on the Viejas Reservation outside San Diego, California. Pico published his first epic poem in 2016, titled IRL. The poem follows a character named Teebs who is a “reservation-born, queer NDN weirdo, trying to figure out his…
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National Poetry Month: Motivation Monday with Naomi Shihab Nye
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Motivation Monday with Naomi Shihab NyeWe’ve featured Naomi Shihab Nye before. I’ve listened to this interview with her on On Being with host Krista Tippett multiple times over the past two years. I find it very inspiring, and thought you might too, on this Monday when spring seems to be springing out all over. It…
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National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Spoken Word PoetryThere is something about hearing poetry and stories read aloud that adds another dimension, or emphasis, on what that work means. Do you think you could tell a story in three minutes? If you’re in Fort Collins tonight, the second Dimestories night at the Bean Cycle will begin at 7pm…
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National Poetry Month: “The Moment When Your Name is Pronounced” by Forrest Gander
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Read More: National Poetry Month: “The Moment When Your Name is Pronounced” by Forrest Gander~from Michaela Hayes Today’s poem is brought to us by CSU poet and MFA candidate Danny Schonning. I’m taking E403 Writing the Environment this semester (a great class, I highly recommend it to English and non-English majors alike) with Danny as the TA and today I asked him which poems…
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National Poetry Month: Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”~from Michaela Hayes My personal national poetry month would not be complete without a tribute to Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus.” This poem always chills me to the bone in the best possible way. The three line stanzas, the leading questions, the intermittent German — oof. It’s a complicated poem and…
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National Poetry Month: Danez Smith
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Danez SmithAs their biography on their website explains, “Danez Smith is a Black, queer, poz writer & performer from St. Paul, MN.” Their most recent poetry collection, Don’t Call Us Dead (2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award. This collection is a “heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for…
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National Poetry Month: Motivation Monday
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Motivation Monday~from Katie Haggstrom Great poets have a way with words. To help you with your Monday, we’ve found some inspiring quotes from poets. “Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.” -Lucille Clifton “We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones…
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National Poetry Month: Hannah Johnson
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Hannah Johnson~from Michaela Hayes I found this poem several years ago when I was going through my obligatory English major spoken word poetry craze. I was struck by it then and I’m still struck by it now. It’s been hanging out in my laptop bookmarks and I watch it every few…
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National Poetry Month: Theodore Roethke
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Theodore Roethke~from Michaela Hayes I love the circularity of “The Waking.” The poem is a villanelle, a strict and rather complicated poetic form, so by definition it is pretty circular. It discusses the inescapable monotony of life as it interacts with the inescapable uncertainty. The poem is ambiguous and beautiful; it…