by envisionmg | Apr 8, 2022 | Poetry, Poetry Collections, Staff Picks
April is poetry month so we thought we’d share some of our favorite poems and poetry collections. Poetry Collections Dog Songs: Thirty-Five Dog Songs and One Essay by Mary Oliver. Elise Cowen: Poems and Fragments edited by Tony Trigilio. If Not, Winter:...
by envisionmg | Apr 28, 2021 | Michelle Recommends, Poetry
“A landmark collection of new and published works by one of our finest poets that is a testament to the clarity and thoughtful lyricism of his poems Fire to Fire collects the best works from seven books of poetry by Mark Doty, acclaimed poet and New York...
by envisionmg | Apr 21, 2021 | Michelle Recommends, Poetry
“This is a book-length poem – a collage of water-stories, taken mostly from the Odyssey – about a minor character, abandoned on a stony island. It is not a translation, though, but a close inspection of the sea that surrounds him. There are several voices in the...
by envisionmg | Apr 14, 2021 | Michelle Recommends, Poetry
“Selected by Joy Harjo as the winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets Emily Skaja’s debut collection is a fiery, hypnotic book that confronts the dark questions and menacing silences around gender, sexuality, and violence. Brute arises,...
by envisionmg | Apr 7, 2021 | Michelle Recommends, Poetry
“A powerful work that examines how―even without country or settled identity―a legacy of love can endure. Eavan Boland is considered “one of the finest and boldest poets of the last half century” by Poetry Review. This stunning new collection, A Woman Without a...
by envisionmg | Apr 7, 2021 | Michelle Recommends, Poetry
“A powerful work that examines how―even without country or settled identity―a legacy of love can endure. Eavan Boland is considered “one of the finest and boldest poets of the last half century” by Poetry Review. This stunning new collection, A Woman Without a...
