Ellen Bass, "How To Apologize"
Ellen Bass, "How To Apologize"
I found this poem while I was seeing my dad through his death. I thought of it a lot during those awful months. I though... Read more
10 Sep 2021
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23mins
Bernadette Mayer, "[Sonnet] You jerk you didn't call me up"
Bernadette Mayer, "[Sonnet] You jerk you didn't call me up"
How can something published in 1968 be so 2021?It can because it's a lyric poem by Bernadette Mayer, a poet whose work m... Read more
3 Sep 2021
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18mins
Emily Dickinson's Poem #1108 ("The Bustle in a House")
Emily Dickinson's Poem #1108 ("The Bustle in a House")
I'm back from a long hiatus. I didn't mean to go on one. My dad died. Or as I keep saying, he went over a cliff and took... Read more
27 Aug 2021
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17mins
Hayley Mitchell Haugen, "Would You Please Stop Whistling, Please?"
Hayley Mitchell Haugen, "Would You Please Stop Whistling, Please?"
A warning, first off: this lyric poem has language, imagery, and incidents that are difficult to bear. If you have child... Read more
6 Aug 2021
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22mins
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Caitlin Seida, "Hope Is Not A Bird, Emily, It's A Sewer Rat"
Caitlin Seida, "Hope Is Not A Bird, Emily, It's A Sewer Rat"
It takes a brave writer to lead the charge against Emily Dickinson. Especially in my books! You know how much I love Dic... Read more
30 Jul 2021
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17mins
Donna Hilbert, "Rosemary"
Donna Hilbert, "Rosemary"
Here's a poem that's deceptively small. It's actually a sonnet, broken into an octet and a sestet. And it does what sonn... Read more
18 Jun 2021
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18mins
Ted Kooser, "The Old People"
Ted Kooser, "The Old People"
Ted Kooser has been called part of the "Midwestern poetry revival" in the U.S., his poems plainsong truth-telling that s... Read more
4 Jun 2021
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18mins
Emily Dickinson, Poem #256 ("The Robin's my Criterion for Tune")
Emily Dickinson, Poem #256 ("The Robin's my Criterion for Tune")
I've just come off teaching Emily Dickinson's poetry in two-hour seminar segments over eight weeks--and her art has done... Read more
28 May 2021
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24mins
Tamara Madison, "What Now Is Like"
Tamara Madison, "What Now Is Like"
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I explore this poem from a working poet, Tamara Madison: "What Now Is Like."It's a gentle e... Read more
21 May 2021
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18mins
Camille T. Dungy, "Let Me"
Camille T. Dungy, "Let Me"
Dungy's magnificent poem, "Let me," published just this month in The New Yorker (April, 2021) is a terrifying glimpse in... Read more
23 Apr 2021
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28mins
