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For the month of April, National Poetry Month , I will be counting down my Top 30 31 Favorite Poems, one a day (and an extra one during the...

Favorite Poem #11 honors goes to Paul Muldoon . The Irish-born poet recently assumed the helm of Poetry Editor at The New Yorker . Mr. Muldo...

This is a cheat. A repost. But it fits the bill. It's originally from February 6, 2007 : I was cleaning through some old files and.... L...

Before time, there was one show on PBS called "United States of Poetry". It wen air in the Nineties, eh? And was watching 'em,...

Before I unveil " Lady Lazarus ," let me direct you to a previous post I did on Sylvia Plath, in June 2006, here . This poem stand...

Delusions of grandeur that I would be unveiling rare and unusual poems have fallen by the wayside. Chances are, if I have a favorite poem in...

Denise Duhamel’s poem “ Buddhist Barbie ” is just a fingernail sliver of one of my favorite poems. It represents pretty much all of her poe...

Poem # 17 is from Kenneth Koch . Of course, my appreciation for the late poet was enhanced by this tale . One of my favorite pieces by him i...

Frank O'Hara was one of the great figures in The New York School of Poets. His poems are beautiful snapshots, laced with humor and lin...

I first heard of the poet Hal Sirowitz in the PBS series The United States of Poetry . This was the poem that introduced me to Sirowitz. I ...

I'll be a Minimalist today and just present the poem: This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams ...

Philip Levine is an award-winning poet who has written amazing poetry about gritty, blue-collar life, growing up and coming of age in Detro...

This is one of those cheap, lazy, not-enough-time-in-the-day, what-was-I-thinking-promising-a-poem- every -day posts. I am conflicted becaus...

I have reached a gap between the Poems I Believe Should Be Mentioned and the Poems That Must Be Mentioned. There are a few pieces dangling l...

Richard Brautigan , who committed suicide in 1984 , is best known for the book Trout Fishing in America . His poetry has loyal fans. I disco...

Late last century, I visited San Francisco and made a holy pilgrimage to City Lights Books . One of my souvenirs was a signed poster featur...