Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's "the failure of melting": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 17.02.2026 4:18 ↓

Native tales from this First Nation poet.

Jennifer K. Sweeney's "Slowing the River": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 09.02.2026 5:35 ↓

The string of impacts in this ecological poem.

Basho: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 27.01.2026 2:30 ↓

No escaping the monkey self in this poem by Basho, translated by Blyth.

Ted Mathys's "Fluencies": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 20.01.2026 5:09 ↓

Confusions and clarifications with a poem by Ted Mathys.

Kathleen Lynch's "Why I Love Oysters": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 13.01.2026 3:48 ↓

An earthy appreciation of dining on this sea creature.

Another sneak peek into Always With the Questions!: One Poet's Writing Manual 06.01.2026 3:31 ↓

Guide and companion on the lonely road: Always With the Questions!: One Poet's Writing Manual.

Carol Graser's "In Congress Park on a Lunch Break from a Job in Retail": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 30.12.2025 4:19 ↓

The calming advice of random wildflowers in this poem by Carol Graser.

Peter Gizzi's "Inness": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 23.12.2025 3:12 ↓

Beauty in the eye and a painting by George Inness in this poem by Peter Gizzi.

Barbara Tomash's "to begin and end in the garden, slapping mosquitos, reading her book": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 16.12.2025 9:02 ↓

Glory and the mundane in this Barbara Tomash poem.

Mark Doty's "Little George": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 09.12.2025 5:24 ↓

Vain attempts to control the uncontrollable, barking into the void with this Mark Doty poem.

Brief excerpt from my new book Always With the Questions: One Poet's Writing Manual 02.12.2025 3:12 ↓

Questions of "I" in poetry in this brief excerpt from my book Always With the Questions: One Poet's Writing Manual, wordworksbooks.org.

Kathryn Petrucelli's "At the Grave": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 25.11.2025 7:36 ↓

Advice from the dead in this poem by Kathryn Petrucelli.

Larry Levis's "Signs": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 18.11.2025 4:33 ↓

Signs and significations in this Larry Levis poem.

Elizabeth Zuba's "On Forces and Motion": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 13.11.2025 5:09 ↓

The physics of essential confusions in this poem by Elizabeth Zuba.

Elizabeth Hazen's "Approximations": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 05.11.2025 4:33 ↓

Testing truths with this poem by Elizabeth Hazen.

Bertha Rogers's "Turkey Vulture": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 28.10.2025 3:42 ↓

Life and death in this poem by Bertha Rogers.

Gustaf Sobin's "According to Seneca": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 21.10.2025 2:55 ↓

Trying to trace meaning in this Gustaf Sobin poem.

Allison Zhang's "Porcelain Theory": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 15.10.2025 3:25 ↓

The power of breaking things in this poem by Allison Zhang.

Migwi Mwangi's "Karatina Market": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 07.10.2025 4:22 ↓

Ghosts in Migwi Mwangi's market.

Jay Wright's "Crispus Attucks": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 01.10.2025 4:09 ↓

The first person to die in the American Revolution, or so we're told: Crispus Attucks and the tinderbox that was Boston, in this poem by Jay Wright.

Sally Van Doren's "1 Kings": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 23.09.2025 4:56 ↓

Building the self, in this poem by Sally Van Doren.

Oksana Maksymchuk's "The Stages of Ukrainian Futurism": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 16.09.2025 5:11 ↓

Considering the costs of war in this poem by Oksana Maksymchuk.

Antonio Machado's "Proverbios y cantares XXIX": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 09.09.2025 5:25 ↓

Finding a way, with this poem by Machado, and several different translations.

William Stafford's "You Reading This, Be Ready": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 02.09.2025 3:24 ↓

Taking a breath, with this poem by William Stafford.

Richard Siken's "Devonian Forest": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 26.08.2025 5:36 ↓

Strange tales in this prose poem by Richard Siken.