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Robert Hass Poet. Translator
Robert Hass is one of contemporary poetry’s most celebrated and widely-read voices. In addition to his success as a poet, Hass is also recognized as a leading critic and translator, notably of the...
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Samarium, “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem by Chicago poet Janet Kuypers
Samarium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#62, Sm) (based on the poem “And I’m Wondering”) 10/1/13 I’m wondering if there’s something chemical that brings us together,...
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Tantalum, “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem by Chicago poet Janet Kuypers
Tantalum a href=”http://www.janetkuypers.com” target=”new”>Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#73, Ta) (with references to the poem “High Roller”) 11/14/13 People expected to...
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Technetium, “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem by Chicago poet Janet Kuypers
Technetium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry”” series (#43, Tc) 7/10/13 You’re named from the Greek word for “artificial”, because you were the first element man ever made… We wanted to...
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Terbium, “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem by Chicago poet Janet Kuypers
Terbium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#65, Tb) 7/17/13 Looking for better sound remains at the top of the list. Having better stereo speakers at all group parties, meetings...
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Titanium, “Periodic Table of Poetry” poem by Chicago poet Janet Kuypers
Titanium Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#22, Ti) (based on the poem “The Way You Tease Me”) 10/1/13 What I think I like the most about you is the way you always leave me...
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White Phosphorus, poem from the “Periodic Table of poetry” series by Chicago...
White Phosphorus Janet Kuypers Bonus poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, #15, P 9/30/13) Seeing bombs from Viet Nam and the white smoke rising — with each bomb exploding, I knew that...
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Xenon, poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” by Chicago poet Janet Kuypers
Xenon Janet Kuypers from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#054, Xe) 4/27/13 I don’t care that you’re no Zena warrior princess, I just can’t stand those high-intensity headlights of yours at...
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Ooga Booga Poems Frederick Seidel Poet
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A Griffin Poetry Prize Finalist A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice The poems in Ooga-Booga are...
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The Four Quartets Poems by T.S. Eliot
by Cecil Beaton, vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1956 Four Quartets is a set of four poems written by T. S. Eliot that were published individually over a six-year period. The first poem,...
View ArticleForest Gander Poet & Translator
A writer in multiple genres, Gander is noted for his collaborations with photographers such as Sally Mann and Graciela Iturbide and with the dancers Eiko & Koma. He is a United States Artists...
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Poems That Make Grown Men Cry. Richard Dawkins et al …
Grown men aren’t supposed to cry. Anthony and Ben Holden, and Kate Allen (Director, Amnesty International UK), introduce readings from poems that haunt a host of eminent men; they explain why, in...
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Harry Baker UK Grand Slam Performance Poet.
Harry Baker is the current UK Poetry Slam Champion, heading to represent the UK in the Poetry World Cup in June. He is currently Studying at the University of Bristol. He was going to do medicine...
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Erbium, poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series by Chicago poet Janet...
Erbium Janet Kuypers (poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, #68, Er) 6/27/14 On the east coast, shopping once with a gay friend of mine, we walked past a guard at the empty clothing store to...
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Hafnium, poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series by Chicago poet...
Hafnium Janet Kuypers (poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series, #72, Hf) 6/27/14 I heard that the element Hafnium is named after the literal Latin word hafnium, which is Latin for Copenhagen,...
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Sharon Olds “a poet of sex and the psyche,”
Sharon Olds is one of contemporary poetry’s leading voices. Winner of several prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award, Olds is known for writing...
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Roger McGough Liverpool’s Poet
McGough was born in Litherland, Lancashire, to the north of Liverpool, the city with which he is firmly associated, and was educated at the University of Hull at a time when Philip Larkin was the...
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Irish Voices. Paul Muldoon. Poet. Saoirse (Freedom)
Paul Muldoon is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary poets. He was born in Portadown, County Armagh and raised near The Moy, in Northern Ireland. Muldoon’s work is full of paradox: playful but...
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