PIA: from July 9, 2014.
For elegies. This one’s from Chief Modern Poets of Britain and America, Fifth Edition, ed. by Sanders, Nelson and Rosenthal. A fellow Ohioan.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/hart-crane
from Royal Palm / by Hart Crane (1899-1932)
Green rustlings, more than regal charities
Drift coolly from that tower of whispered light.
PIA: from July 10, 2014.
Another for dreams. This one’s from Love Poems by Women, ed. by Wendy Mulford (1990).
from In a Dream / by Eleni Fourtouni, trans. by Eleni Fourtouni
no, you were not putting seeds in the soft earth
no, you were not pruning the vines
no, you were not taking in the smells and the visions
PIA: from July 12, 2014, with apologies for July 22, 2016.
Another from Love Poems by Women, ed. by Wendy Mulford (1990).
from It’s No Secret / by Medaksé b. 1933
Every wash has its own biography and reveals
the people in a house, their size,
their taste, even what they love.
PIA: from July 16, 2014. A favorite state of mind – a favorite quote.
And then, Elizabeth’s Lowell. From Notebook (1967). More here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-lowell
from For John Berryman / by Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
John, we used the language as if we made it.
PIA: from July 18, 2014.
For prose poetry and tigers. From the book, Dreamtigers, and from the poem of the same name. More here:
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from Dreamtigers / by Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
In my childhood, I was a fervent worshiper of the tiger
PIA: from July 29, 2014. For slow-lier and slow-lier sailing through summer.
Instead of the poem about his coy mistress, here’s one from The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 4th edition, edited by Ferguson, Salter, and Stallworthy (1970). More on Marvell here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/andrew-marvell
from Bermudas / by Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
From a small boat that rowed along,
The listening winds received this song:
PIA: from May 25, 2016.
If you’re reading this, you may be one of those people with this particular joy in life, from Poetry Magazine, June 2016.
from As I walk patiently through life / by Daniel Berrigan, 1921-2016
As I walk patiently through life
poems follow close —
PIA: in 100 degrees, a little mind of winter.
For the beauty of Chinese poetry, from Negative Blue.
from After Reading Wang Wei, I Go Outside to the Full Moon / by Charles Wright
Back here, old snow like lace cakes,
Candescent and brittle now and then through the tall grass.
PIA: from a May 24th.
When under stress, try Tate. For the care and feeding of the imagination, from The Eternal Ones of the Dream.
from Behind the Milk Bottle / by James Tate
Once as a river of molten lava
poured through my living room
I was cut off from my emergency kit
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