Poetry – Mark Doty – To Jackson Pollock
To Jackson Pollock Mark Doty Last night somebody murdered a young tree on Seventh Avenue between 18th and...
Poetry – Jim Harrison – Return
“Return” by Jim Harrison The sun’s warm against slats of the granary, a puddle of ice in the...
Poem – Carl Sandburg – Fog
This reader suggested poem is “Fog” by Carl Sandburg. The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits...
2016 National Poetry Month
With April just around the corner, National Poetry Month is upon us. I will be posting selections from...
Poetry Month – Poem by Layman Pang Yun
The following two poems from the book The Recorded Sayings of Layman Pang, Weatherhill 1971, translated from the...
Poetry Month – Poems By Zen Masters
The following translations are from the book Original Teachings of Chan Buddhism, by Chang Chun-Yuan, A Vintage Book,...
Poetry Month – Poems by Ryokan
Selections 4 and 5 for National Poetry Month. These two poems of Zen Master Ryokan are from Dewdrops...
Poetry Month – Poems by Robinson Jeffers
Selection #2 and #3 for National Poetry Month is Sign-Post and Evening Ebb by Robinson Jeffers, from his collection...
2013 Poetry Month #5 – Liminal
The following poem was written by Joshua Kryah from the collection “Glean”, published in 2007 by Nightboat Books....