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Rich's Diving into the Wreck

The ten versagraphs of Adrienne Rich's "Diving into the Wreck" dramatize a reader's metaphorical journey to explore the nature of a non-existent catastrophe. more...

Masters' Hod Putt

The ne'er-do-well "Hod Putt" finds solace in the notion that finally in death he has achieved a measure of equality with a man who was actually successful in life. more...

Kooser's Tattoo

Former U. S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser offers one of his fascinating observations, as he allows his speaker to speculate on the character of an aging, tattooed biker-type. more...

Masters' The Hill

"The Hill" is the first poem in Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, a series dramatizing the lives of deceased residents of the fictional town of Spoon River. more...

Dickinson's Two Butterflies went out at Noon

Emily Dickinson's gift of imagining supernaturally is on display in this fanciful piece that dramatizes the mystical flight of two butterflies. more...

Bryant's The Gladness of Nature

One of the most cheerful poems ever written, "The Gladness of Nature," paints smiles on the faces of fruit and flowers and allows the sunshine to chase away all gloom. more...

Frost's Acquainted with the Night

The speaker in Robert Frost's American sonnet reveals his rebellious nature, proclaiming his individual prerogative to venture into the city at night. more...

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Louis Zukofsky and the Objectified Poem

By: Jim Benz

Louis Zukofsky used every aspect of the written word to create multi-faceted poems which replicate the dynamics of worldly, human experience. more...

Garrison's "Bach in the Subway"

By: Matthew Birdsall

Being lost without a direction or need for a direction can create wonderful feelings of weightlessness, and it is a perfectly respectable way to spend one's time. more...

Joseph Brodsky's "A Polar Explorer"

By: Matthew Birdsall

Exploration is touted as the pathway to discovery and human achievement, but sometimes when you reach for the top the bottom falls out. more...

Donald Hall Chronicle of Causality

By: Matthew Birdsall

Everyone knows that in order to have safe sex you must use protection, but sometimes the consequences of safe sex can be just as devastating as unsafe sex. more...

Levine's "Animals Are Passing From Our Lives"

By: Matthew Birdsall

When facing an obstacle the easy way out is tempting, but it is better face to adversity with head held high even in the thick of increasing vacuousness. more...

Kunitz's "The Portrait"

By: Matthew Birdsall

Art often enables people to release pent up emotions and thoughts that would otherwise drive them mad, yet sometimes it is madness that drives creativity. more...

William Bronk – Oh What a Relief He Is

By: Douglas Nordfors

The American poet William Bronk, who died in 1999, is the perfect antidote for anyone whose not in tune with all the experimentation going on in American poetry today. more...

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