With April being National Poetry Month, I thought I’d share some of my favorite works of poetry with you. Each one contains accessible poems for the never to occasional to ‘I read them all the time’ poem reader. Anything and everything by Billy Collins. Billy Collins is probably one of the most beloved American modern poets. […]
Review | Stag’s Leap by Sharon Olds
2013-07-26 · by ·
Stag’s Leap: Poems is a sequence of poems that carries readers through the seasons when Sharon Olds’ marriage was ending and afterwards as she healed from her divorce. I was first attracted to this selection of poems because it won the Pulitzer Prize this year, and for good reason! I’m so glad I picked this […]
Review | Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins
2013-06-07 · by ·
Billy Collins has long been one of my favorite modern poets. His poems are extremely accessible and yet also interesting and profound. I especially like the humor that can be found in Collins’ poetry. Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems did not disappoint. I am often interested in an examination of the subject of death and […]
Review | Ballistics by Billy Collins
2013-04-02 · by ·
Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? To celebrate the beginning of National Poetry Month, and the letter B for the A to Z Challenge, I’d like to introduce you to one of my favorite poets, Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. The New York Times has […]
