Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

William Stafford's "Spirit of Place: Great Blue Heron": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 28.01.2025 3:42 ↓

Place and grace in William Stafford's poem "Spirit of Place."

Catherine Barnett's "Thought Experiment": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 21.01.2025 6:24 ↓

Ways of seeing and being in Catherine Barnett's "Thought Experiment."

Philip Metres's "The Beggars of Beirut": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 14.01.2025 5:18 ↓

The self and the Other as one explored in this poem by Phil Metres.

Lindsay Stuart Hill's "The Baha'i School": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 08.01.2025 6:59 ↓

Grappling with the past through poetry in this prose poem by Lindsay Stuart Hill.

Diamont Popelka, selections from Flashlight: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 31.12.2024 4:31 ↓

Nine "figures" by Diamont Popelka, from a longer work, "Flashlight," as translated by Marcela Sulak, considering the new/old year.

Muso Soseki"s "Toki-no-Ge" (trans. Merwin and Shigematsu): Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 24.12.2024 3:34 ↓

M. S. Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu's translation of Muso Soseki's "Toki-no-Ge" or "Satori Poem" lightly and delightfully enlightens.

Gustaf Sobin"s "Psalmodic": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 17.12.2024 4:10 ↓

Said and unsaid in this short psalm by Gustaf Sobin.

Natalli Amato's "Even pizza can open a heart": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 10.12.2024 3:55 ↓

Creating community and the grace of belonging considered in Natalli Amato's poem.

Lucie Brock-Broido"s "Of the Finished World": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 05.12.2024 4:49 ↓

November and shifts and endings under consideration in this poem by Lucie Brock-Broido.

Jaswinder Bolina's "At War with the Cynics": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 26.11.2024 4:32 ↓

Weary well wishing in Bolina's "At War with the Cynics."

Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "The Leaving": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 26.11.2024 5:07 ↓

Youth and striving in Kelly's "The Leaving."

Kelli Russell Agodon"s "The Naming of Things": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 12.11.2024 4:37 ↓

Naming the world with Kelli Russell Agodon's poem "The Naming of Things."

Daniel Summerhill's "no one told me the world was on fire": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 06.11.2024 2:30 ↓

Warming God's hands with our fire in Daniel B. Summerhill's poem.

Eric Kocher's "Red Eye Home": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 29.10.2024 4:34 ↓

Eric Kocher's re-entry into the world after a red-eye flight wonderfully disorients in his poem "Red Eye Home."

Betsy Sholl's "Poem in which Emily Dickinson Scolds Me": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 22.10.2024 5:13 ↓

Emily gives us what-for in this poem by Betsy Sholl. Are you listening?

Jordan Smith's "The Black Canvas Jacket": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 15.10.2024 6:21 ↓

Love and loss and what is left behind beautifully detailed in this poem by Jordan Smith.

Clare Goulet's "Normandina pulchella/ elf ear": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 09.10.2024 3:51 ↓

Clare Goulet gets down low to hear what wisdom this lichen can impart.

"Dinner on the Patio, December" by Heather Sellers: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 17.09.2024 4:46 ↓

Reality check on climate change in this short poem by Heather Sellers.

Marilyn McCabe's "Pro Patria": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 10.09.2024 5:13 ↓

Love of country under scrutiny in my poem "Pro Patria."

Lauren Camp's "Evidence of Tenderness": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 03.09.2024 7:55 ↓

Details and attention weave together this disparate poem's lines: "Evidence of Tenderness" by Lauren Camp.

John Balaban's "The Guard at the Bin Thuy Bridge": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 27.08.2024 6:16 ↓

The hazards and dull horror of war and John Balaban's vivid "The Guard at the Bin Thuy Bridge."

Christina Olivares's "Preserving an Ecosystem": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 20.08.2024 4:27 ↓

Small subversions and what poetry can do, seen at work in "Perserving an Ecosystem" by Christina Olivares.

Jane Hirshfield's "Counting, This New Year's Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 13.08.2024 4:40 ↓

Counting blessings, however mixed, under consideration and this Jane Hirshfield poem: "Counting, This New Year's Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me."

Li-Young Lee's "One Heart": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 06.08.2024 4:23 ↓

All things connected in this Li-Young Lee poem, "One Heart."

Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Memory": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 30.07.2024 4:57 ↓

Remembering and misremembering and an old poem: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, "Memory."