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Monday, April 4, 2011

poetry in april, especially

J reminded me that April is National Poetry Month,
and they're reading a poem every night at dinner over at their house.

Here's a stack of my favorite books of poetry.
Some are very well worn,
some I am still getting to know.

Here's a beauty of a poem for a brisk, spring afternoon...
Love Calls Us to the Things of This World
by Richard Wilbur

Do you have a favorite poet?

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5 comments:

  1. Vivien ZepfApril 4, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    Gosh -- to name just one? I'm not sure I can do that. But I'm intrigued by your pile; I had no idea Cynthia Rylant wrote poetry! She's one of my favorite children's authors. I'm going to have to check this out.

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  2. Judy HartmanApril 4, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    I love Emily Dickinson, Sarah Teasdale, Langston Hughs and Elizabeth Coatsworth. But there are so many contemporary poets I have yet to discover! Thanks, Karen, for bringing attention to National Poetry Month.

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  3. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    emily dickinson, e e cummings, billy collins, shel silverstein...i, too, need to check out cynthia rylant...and then, there's always "idylls of the king" and the iliad...tqoe

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  4. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    just enlarged your pile of books to read titles...so glad to see richard brautigan..read all his stuff...tqoe

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  5. KristenMay 4, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    Hi Karen,
    I love your blog. I think I need your recommendations on poetry. I always check random poetry books out of the library, but some are hard to connect to.

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