Poem A Day – Jan. 22, 2017
#MIDDLEBURY
Poetry
Marianne Moore
I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond
all this fiddle.
Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one
discovers ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – Jan. 24, 2015
Sonnet to Winter
Emily Chubbuck Judson
Thy brow is grit, thy robe with gems inwove;
And palaces of frost-work, on the eye,
Flash out, and gleam in every gorgeous dye,
The pencil, dipped ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-22-2014
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Amendment
Christina Davis
The love of each of us
for some of us,
of some of us
for all of us –
and ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-21-2014
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The Wind Sleepers
H.D.
Whiter
than the crust
left by the tide,
we are stung by the hurled sand
and the broken ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-20-2014
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If You Should Tire of Loving Me
Margaret Widdemer
If you should tire of loving me
Some one of our far days,
Oh, ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-19-2014
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Fruit Cocktail in Light Syrup
Amy Gerstler
Rocket-shaped popsicles that dyed your lips blue
were popular ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-18-14
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from “Crow”
Abraham Smith
in his wide wide palm the reigns loose as a foundering
pulse the sky ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-17-2014
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Put Down that TV Tray
Sina Queyras
All I ever wanted was that living room, Sunday evening, chicken
In the ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-15-2014
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Lion Felling a Bull
Robyn Schiff
I came upon a fragment, one
anterior lion felling
one anterior bull. I ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-14-2014
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Black Horizons
Carl Sandburg
Black horizons, come up.
Black horizons, kiss me.
That is all; so many lies; ... Continue Reading →
