Category Archives: Favorite Poems
Poetry, Popularity, and Image
Ever since I realized poetry was a niche market, I have wanted to make it less of one. Of course I cannot change that on my own, but if I can do anything to make poetry a little more accessible … Continue reading
Man Convicted of Killing Wife Second Time
I started reading Peter Pereira last year. His books are well written and organized, but I must honestly confess that due to personal bias, I am most attracted to his poems about language. Even though he is so well known … Continue reading
Their Lonely Betters
Recently I taught a number of Auden’s poems to my poetry class. I was very pleased by how his work was so admired by them. One student admitted that he was looking forward to tweeting several lines. Others repeated lines … Continue reading
A Piece of the Storm
Mark Strand read at the Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival in 2011. I had only sporadically read his poems before, and was not expecting much. I was thoroughly impressed and soon afterwards, purchased Blizzard of One, his book of poems that … Continue reading
A City Winter
A City Winter by Frank O’Hara is an unseasonal poem that i’ve been rereading lately. I don’t know if it’s helping my relationship with the city. It is a poem in part’s and while I very much like the first … Continue reading
The More Loving One
Sometimes you can love a poem, even though you do not identify with the sentiment. This poem, and the audio recording of it by Auden (which you can find here) is incredible in the way it alines nature and emotion … Continue reading
A Few of my Favorite Lines
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;” – When you … Continue reading