Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

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2 days ago

Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience.

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Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience.

Arts

Religion & Spirituality

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Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Elizabeth Hazen's "Approximations": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Testing truths with this poem by Elizabeth Hazen.

2 days ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Bertha Rogers's "Turkey Vulture": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Life and death in this poem by Bertha Rogers.

1 week ago

3 minutes

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Gustaf Sobin's "According to Seneca": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Trying to trace meaning in this Gustaf Sobin poem.

2 weeks ago

2 minutes

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Allison Zhang's "Porcelain Theory": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

The power of breaking things in this poem by Allison Zhang.

3 weeks ago

3 minutes

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Migwi Mwangi's "Karatina Market": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Ghosts in Migwi Mwangi's market.

1 month ago

4 minutes

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Jay Wright's "Crispus Attucks": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

The first person to die in the American Revolution, or so we're told: Crispus Attucks and the tinderbox that was Boston, in this poem by Jay Wright.

1 month ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Sally Van Doren's "1 Kings": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Building the self, in this poem by Sally Van Doren.

1 month ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Oksana Maksymchuk's "The Stages of Ukrainian Futurism": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Considering the costs of war in this poem by Oksana Maksymchuk.

1 month ago

5 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Antonio Machado's "Proverbios y cantares XXIX": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Finding a way, with this poem by Machado, and several different translations.

1 month ago

5 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

William Stafford's "You Reading This, Be Ready": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Taking a breath, with this poem by William Stafford.

2 months ago

3 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Richard Siken's "Devonian Forest": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Strange tales in this prose poem by Richard Siken.

2 months ago

5 minutes 36 seconds

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Jim Carns's "Tornado": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Questioning what we think we know in Jim Carns's poem.

2 months ago

3 minutes 52 seconds

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Pablo Neruda's "Keeping Quiet" (tr. A. Reid): Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

A little quiet sanity in the loud world with this Pablo Neruda poem.

2 months ago

4 minutes 2 seconds

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Martha Silano's "Is This My Last Ferry Trip?": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Moving toward mortality in this poem by Martha Silano.

3 months ago

4 minutes 19 seconds

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Anna Akhmatova's "White House": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

The loss of the White House in this poem by Akhmatova.

3 months ago

3 minutes 56 seconds

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Emily Adams-Aucoin's "Delay": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

We're all in this together in this poem by Emily Adams-Aucoin.

3 months ago

4 minutes 44 seconds

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Nickole Brown's "A Prayer to Talk to Animals": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

A plea for communication in this poem by Nickole Brown.

3 months ago

5 minutes 2 seconds

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

The vast possibility of forgiveness in Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays."

4 months ago

4 minutes 44 seconds

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Christopher Citro's "Water Falling Down": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Memory's strange arrangements in Christopher Citro's poem "Water Falling Down."

4 months ago

4 minutes 16 seconds

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

A Hass translation of a Sosecki poem: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

A moment's pause over a moment's hesitation in this Asian figure in translation by Robert Hass.

4 months ago

4 minutes 14 seconds