I haven't been able to keep up with a poem-a-day pace, but this April has been extremely, surprisingly (given all of the other things going on--AWP, Conversations & Connections, semester end) productive and prolific for me. As of this morning, I've got 33 drafts toward a new project, about a fictional-ish character called "Round Baby." … Continue reading Getting to Know Her
Tag: National Poetry Month
Loved Ones: “Sparrow,” by Caleb Curtiss
For National Poetry Month, I am going to record some of my favorite poems and talk a little about what they mean to me. I hope you enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/sheilasquillante/sheila-squillante-reads-sparrow-by-caleb-curtiss Caleb is the poetry editor at Hobart, and a new friend. I picked up his book, The Taxonomy of the Space Between Us, at … Continue reading Loved Ones: “Sparrow,” by Caleb Curtiss
Loved Ones: “For My Lover, Returning to His Wife,” by Anne Sexton
For National Poetry Month, I am going to record some of my favorite poems and talk a little about what they mean to me. I hope you enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/sheilasquillante/for-my-lover-returning-to-his-wife Just look at the metaphors in this poem! Each one vivid and still memorable to me, 25 years after the first time I read it … Continue reading Loved Ones: “For My Lover, Returning to His Wife,” by Anne Sexton
Loved Ones: “Pied Beauty,” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
For National Poetry Month, I am going to record some of my favorite poems and talk a little about what they mean to me. I hope you enjoy! I must have first encountered "Pied Beauty" in a college literature class. I can't quite place it, but I remember I was immediately seduced by the idea … Continue reading Loved Ones: “Pied Beauty,” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Loved Ones: “Snow Drops,” by Louise Glück
For National Poetry Month, I am going to record some of my favorite poems and talk a little about what they mean to me. I hope you enjoy! I encountered The Wild Iris for the first time in 1995, in a graduate poetry workshop at Southern Connecticut State University. My first marriage was brand new … Continue reading Loved Ones: “Snow Drops,” by Louise Glück
An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.
It's April, which means, besides spring (please), it's National Poetry Month! Poets I know are signing up to take part in NaPoWriMo, or pledging to write a poem a day on group blogs, like the excellent poets at Bloof Books. A few years ago, I participated in another poetry month project, NPM Daily, which was … Continue reading An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.
National Poetry Month Check-In
So April has been designated National Poetry month and I wonder: Is it because nobody reads poetry during the other 11 months of the year that we have to force-feed it to folks during April? (yes.) Or, is it a wonderful opportunity for poets to pause and celebrate the air we breathe and for readers … Continue reading National Poetry Month Check-In
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